Alive Words

In the daylight we are ghosts

floating past each other

swiftly

the only proof of our presence

the buzz of electricity

out of anger, pain, fear

but when 

the night arrives

you and I 

beneath the sheets

beneath the roof 

that sits quiet

beneath the dark sky

and stars

we are

far away at first

but like a magnet

we are drawn 

nearer and nearer

and the hum

and heat of skin on skin

is low and steady

and gracious in it's comfort

as we become again 

the pain slips away

and in its place an ache

a need

and we

reach out in silence

and hold tightly 

to this moment

fingers graze my temple

my neck, my back 

and I inhale 

and exhale slowly

so as not to shatter

into the million pieces

that scream inside

and I too

let my hands arrive

at the surface 

of your skin

and whisper to the night

to never leave

so that we 

can stay

alive this way for always

alive this way

alive