proximity

we're so close. 

I am wrapped in the touch of another 

suspended in a state of contentment

and soft safety. 

the lights in my room are warm

and in the mirror 

I see our reflections;

the stripes on my shirt

and the patterns on your socks 

this is us

bathed in an ethereal glow

in this moment I think of her

young and dazed 

dreaming of a life that was coated in a layer of romance 

like sugar on the rim of a cocktail glass. 

I let myself embrace her,

and all she was.

naive and hopeful 

and 

so 

            so

                          so 

full of love. 

a fairy tale is within reach now

even if it's for just one moment 

for her

I will dare to dive 

deep into the abyss of real love.