your hand rests gently on the back of my neck, nails rough and worn as you trace your way down the length of my spine, turning each **** with a definite crack and caress until you reach the curves of my hips and dig in. sorry. *i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. * my name, something other than a curse, the words just hovering between the space of your lips as one of us, i'm not sure who, starts to cry. we are left with your hand on my heart, knife on my gullet, lips pressed softly to my cheek in prayer as you apologize once more, and the moment where everything pauses