the sky.
to be calmed. to be soothed. to feel the steady tide. to hear you whisper to me, to feel your breath on my neck. to know that you are being held in the palm of a lover. to be touched by the fingertips of something beautiful. to be because of you. this is what I want. this is what I need. to be caressed so perfectly, without a single touch.
silence and distance give such opportunity. solitude allows you to see what is. you are blind, you are vulnerable, you are beyond repair. but you can feel the earth rotating and growing and you know that you’re okay. you are here and you can feel your heart pounding and you are okay. the dirt is cool and soft and you let yourself sink in, you are okay. oh God I want to be okay. oh God tell me it’s okay.
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I am too big for this body and you urge me to grow. you crawl inside of me and extend your boughs. you bend me and stretch me and I ask for more. there’s a blue, infinite sky and I want to be it for you. I will never let a single leaf fall and perish. I will never watch your branches weep with despair. I will calm the storms. I will hold your weight. these blood vessels have an atmosphere, my love, so breathe it in. live in me. live in me.
