the honesty in your eyes caressed by the earnest truth in your voice as you say my name. the unspoken utterances falling from your lips, down to where we cannot find them, ever again- never, I tell you, again- and we kick dirt over them just to be sure.

the quiver of your hands calmed by the feel of mine wrapped around them. the tremor in your voice gone when i tell you this is it, this is real.

the anger in my fists vanishing as you wrap your arms around me, around my everything. the tears in my eyes drying as you tumble over your own words to explain what you mean.

the curve of your face when you look at me, the crinkle of your eyes when you laugh, the way you breathe and walk and move like poetry.

the honesty in your eyes caressed by the earnest truth in your voice as you say my name.