Familiar fingers caress skin like leather as they hold me together From crying from lying From flying away to the back alleyways of broken staircases painted wet with forgery Stolen brushstrokes of love and deception she gathers her courage to stay put But her ankles twitch and flutter like butterfly wings coming free for the first time out of their chrysalis And I have to remember if I leave you I will miss this I will miss your hair as it kisses bed sheets and flings through fingers with a curl that twirls with mine The way your spine fits with mine like bone to muscle skin that shines Glistening with sweat encased affections and such a fine sensation it is when you speak words that mean my thoughts and my touch runs across your leg Like the puddle of dread singing notes of how we could be together without the stormy weather ripping each other apart My grace meets your passion in a way unlike any I have known You sing lessons of truth when you tell me your dreams Making me feel like the sky is lighting up for me with its moonbeams Holding back my breath I bite back my fears and show you my tears Only sometimes I grab onto those moments we share when weβre so close thereβs no escaping no telling whose breath begins and whose fingers are shaking Because my action might halt in fear frustration but my mind is free to wander over to the time you traced my back with your fingers pushed your love into my bloodstream my veins were calling out your name The way we found one another was in pure curiosity