Your breath clouds my window,
my tiny looking glass into the world.
You draw a smile in the fog,
my world brightens a bit.

Sliding into a deep tumble,
caught ever so softly in your grasp.
Fingers clutching fingers,
skin on skin.

I sleep at night to pass the hours
when all I want is to lie next to you,
studying every inch of your body.
Every touch, every taste.

I wish I knew the thoughts in your head.
I want to say all the right things.
You terrify me by being so comfortable;
cozy, safe, enveloping.

Still, those magic words haven't come,
it doesn’t feel so simple.
Love is a drug I grapple
with every ounce of my being.

I await the day you walk away -
from me, from this, from us.
Dread begetting regret of ever letting you in.
I keep these thoughts on the back of my mind.

I bite my tongue every time.
I keep it in every time.
You're on my mind all the time.
I'm nervous.