The air trembles over the rough tingling skin of my simple lips The world around cold gray thick and wet like the dewy morning grass Eyes caught up in one in another Raw knuckles brushing against loose shirts The pads of your fingers Swirled and soft The cotton stretches overhead And whispers float away on our small smiles in September days We curl around each other Bodies mapping out the movements Subconsciously preparing for the moment of contact Jeans await anxiously to meet Your voice doesn't fall out of your mouth It streams, steady, sturdy, without question My shoulders open and welcome Teeth gazing invitingly This thrumming doesn't stay contained It moves throughout my limbs, my core. You light me You lift me Even if it's only a little. Even if it's only this. I could play in this negative space happily Until the time comes to move on.