and then all of a sudden you meet someone who shuts your mouth and opens your eyes and you just lay there on your side and smile the dopiest smile.
you feel like singing and screaming and perhaps like you might explode if the radiation from the insides of his mind that slices you from six inches away continues for much longer.
and if you do? it won’t matter because he will scoop you up and kiss your pieces- barely even noticing that you are broken and
when he leaves it is always too soon
and the sheets smell like the sweat after a long day and you love it in all of its honesty and the hard work that it eludes to.
His hands feel warm on your skin even when they are too cold and you have rolled away with the quilt once again.
He’s respectful and he’s got a big goofy laugh that comes from the recognition of a lingering sorrow he is still unwilling to share.
He will leave you more tangled than your hair in the morning after it has spun itself across the static surface of sheets and skin.
He’s letting himself in and you dream of him even when he is beside you.
Your thoughts never tire of retracing the steps you took together and you will walk down familiar trails hour by hour when you mind needs a rest.