close the gaps between
the white pads of my extended
fingertips
and your bitten nails
put just enough weight
to feel the heaviness of the first
arpeggio

follow the tune
with your eyes closed
forearms laid on one another
like the bricks of a hollow building
waiting to be filled with our
melody

curl your wrists so they latch
over mine
and press your cheek against my own
and steady the 9/8 time with
our synchronized breath


relax with poise as your hands
may finally rest
follow each ivory memory as it leaves
me and runs into you
flooding your minds eye with nothing
but me

stay until you are done
wait until you no longer mimic my measures
give until your soul is weightless

and i'll lay my hands over yours