Today*
I held your shaky hand in mine
and wondered
what it would be like to hold your heart.
And if we'd ever trust anyone again.
Today
your fingers touched my skin like I was something delicate
and your eyes scanned my body not like curiosity
but like patient admiration.
And today
someone told me the birthmark on my neck was cute
and I didn't correct them because that day was the most
alive
I've ever felt.