Suddenly I was tired
I don't know if it was the benadryl or your hand in my hair
But I was afraid to fall asleep because I would have less time with you
If these few seconds I forced myself awake were all we had left,
You were magic
I drank your skin like a cold beer or timer that had almost counted down
The air your heat touched was my entire world,
One hand brushing my cheek
And the other lazily draped across my body
I didn't have to tell you I love you because you felt it through my flesh
All the buttons came undone and you were still standing
Somehow unchanged
Somehow still soft and beautiful and safe
I drifted off.