I’m watching your lips move
as you struggle to speak
and your voice is so quiet it hurts.
Your words melt like the sun
behind a vacillating horizon.
–
Face to face I settle
flush against you
and your embrace fits
so perfectly it hurts.
If only we could remain
long after the sun
penetrates our bones.
–
Our bodies are full
of heartbeats and scars
so deep they hurt.
The morning steals
but the nights
give and give.
–
Call me moonstruck.
Covet me asylum.
Kiss me so hard it hurts.