There was safety underneath a
cover of darkness where thoughts
could be explored unnoticed;
wrapped up for all time
and only
me
inside my head, my body, my soul
reaching for tiny specks
enclosing me from the outside.

A slight ***** started an aperture
slow at first with prisms of light
capturing colours and silhouettes;
promises of memories
but lonely
he
outside a spectrum, a box, a hole
opened it wide
exposing it from the inside.