the pictures you sent

reminded me:

How I love

watching you

while you sleep,

the rhythm of your heart

pounding

against my chest;

how, with you so beautiful in my arms

I just

close my eyes

and breathe you in.

In these

fragile moments

I know

that I’ve never fallen so in love,

never been so

helplessly vulnerable.

Emotions so close

to the

surface,

your kisses draw my blood

and you bruise me

with the softest

caress.

Because this is how

the missing you

hurts

when I reach into

the cold distance

that now stretches

between us.

U.V.Ray

24th February

2007.

4.15 am.