Distant Words

Slowly
We drifted
Further and further away
From a tangible existence
Listening
Just barely
Cause all I could do
Was feel
Real was abstract
Distance neared us
Freedom drowned us
And why now
Why me
He became someone else
At the wake of my skin
And I as usual
Was left by sense
To break for him
Reason slowly slipped over my hips
With fingertips that slid soft lace
Down and over my skin
Deep breath in
Logic slipped past
The strength of his back
Over his head
And hung over the edge of the bed
With his grey t-shirt
Slowly we exhaled
Where was I
When we were
There alone
Sharing each other like secrets
In the dark
Why did hours go by
Because of those first seconds
When we were beside ourselves
With our in the moment tendencies
When did we get here
To this place of worship to warm skin
When did we cross this bridge
Better yet
When did we build it
Best friends
Making memories
Saved
For the kind of union
You're in when
Love is the sole reason
For existence
Since when
Where we this way
Slowly as he
Simultaneously filled me
And his heart
I barely held on
Having gone this far
From the truth
I struggled to maintain
My balance
As we shifted clearly
Off our axis
We were lonely souls
We were only so eager
To belong to something
To someone
So slowly friends gave in
To an ache
To be held for real
For just a little while
And while the comfort of this
Soothed the quarter life crisis
For a second
Well the comfort of this
Kissed the quiet corners
Of my empty heart
As I lay and wondered
What takes friends this far
Cause what we really are
Is friends at the end
Of a long hard road
And no one wants to be alone
So we held hands
Last night
As we slowly came back
To us like we were
When we were
Just close enough 
To be a million miles away