i’d hit the pavement again but all my knuckles are broken.

if i close my eyes will you spin me around like a child? moment by moment we grow into something i can’t begin to explain, far beyond the reaches of this setting sun we build our kingdoms and we dwell here in between dreams and reality. your shaking fingertips betray all you’ve ever wanted me to know and i begin to believe in tomorrows when i hear your voice, trembling with all the weight you carry just inside your chest. will you cover me with this love like a blanket and hold me closer than i’ve ever known? your heartbeat wills this chasm in my chest into life, these dead bones pull together and i dance when you are near. you are the answers to all the question i’ve always wanted to ask but couldn’t find the words to voice, your energy is electric is volatile and beautiful and you draw me near with love and fear. i can’t force these dead legs to move but you bring life to everything you touch and all i want is to be yours and though i fear to speak these words i know you already hear them. you know them like you know me, like the sun spoken into existence in some time i’ll never know but you remember. will you bring life into these lungs and chase the cobwebs from my mind? the ghost towns in my soul are filled with life again when i find you and these phantoms disappear. the breath behind every syllable i’ve every uttered is not enough to voice who you are but when your eyes are on me i find strength to stand, you are good, light beyond comprehension and joy inescapable are carried in your palms and when i reach to you you reach to me and i am broken, but you touch me and i am whole.