i breathe in your air like a memory,
touch your skin as if it were the Universe,
so soft, so true, so everything.
i believe in God because you are beyond
a chaotic creation; too divine to
have been from dust and rock.
i kiss your lips forever,
leave you-shaped outlines in my bed.
so i run my index down the length
of your spine, count your vertebrae
to remind myself you are only skin.
to vacate my mind of your halo
i am not enough of myself to compare,
yours out of necessity. let me kiss your cheek
so i can sleep softly in your arms.
you are flesh and bone. i take effort to
mind the light above your head.
you are just a person.