As you lie next to me, falling asleep
I look - wide-awake - to you

You
mine

I'm try to count your eyelashes,
but its impossibility reminds me of the impossible amount of variables that had to play together for us to be here tonight.

I stare at your soft, full lips and how they fell open as your jaw relaxed to expose your white teeth.
Something similar to how we have grown comfortabke in this togetherness to uncover the splendor we hide from the rest of the world.

I place my hand on the left half of your chest to feel your heart beating
and suddenly wonder how many of those heartbeats you have left and how much of it I will have the honor of spending with you.