I Never Called it Making Love

stars fade and scars fade and
chemicals melt and i'm left with
the burn of the light in your eyes
and the curve of your lips
and the strength of your back
as it tightens and loosens
in rhythms of heartbeats

a transfer of heat
an osmosis of peace
the skin of your wrist
between my teeth

and life flows
and love flows
and truth settles in
and sleep lifts
like snow drifts
and wraps me in you

and my dreams are my own
but i'm yours
and you hold me
(untouchable cold me)

the grace of a whisper
a fall in the mirror
and in this reflection
i see what you see
and dissolve in your arms