for the past 5 days you've been behind every thought
behind every study guide
every face
every blink of my eyes.
for the past 5 days my body has said I need you
the way I need food
sleep
light.
and the only times this lets up
is when I'm with you.
when I'm with you I wonder
because
I don't know you
well
don't know your
family
don't know your
eyes
the way I want to.
the conundrum
of trying to learn another person:
another
23 years of life
another
set of lungs and heart
another
library of feelings
well I want yours to be mine
to understand
so I can know
if I want them to be mine to keep
so i can know
if I trust you with mine,
so I can know
what I never have.
e.m.
