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He & I

He and I,

we're sitting side by side on a Sunday night,

watching mindless TV.

He puts his arm around my back,

his hand playing with the ends of my hair carelessly,

as I put my head on his shoulder.

 

We don't say a word.

 

The audience in the show laughs

and I feel his chest shake under my hand.

My mind starts wandering

while I think of puzzle pieces and the two faces of a coin

before I have an epiphany:

 

I can't tell anymore

where he starts and I end.

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Written by
hial-muhairi
Emirian
Published
May 16, 2013
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I love sitting in complete comfort with someone and feeling no strong need to say something. I rarely have that; it happens sometimes when I'm with my best friend.

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