i want to write you down
in so many strings
across so many thoughts,
frantically trying to connect the hollows in your shoulders to my fingers,
the small of your back to my arms.

i want to lay you down
in so many words,
across so many pages,
measuring your skin with my eyes,
your chest with my breath, your voice with the beating of my heart.

i want to write you down in so many poems,
that you take root through my pages, deep down,
in the depths of memory.