requiem...

the longing i feel for you
at 4:54 am breaks me.
i didn't want to love like this.
the facade of not needing 
anyone cracks under the
gentle weight of your warm
breath as i lay wrapped
in your right arm.
our feet touch.
our legs intertwine and i realize
this is what happiness is.
no bells or whistles.
it didn't cost anything.
just you and i in a dark, quiet
room and i am home.
you have crept into the
deepest parts of me.
your words...
your touch on my skin...
the way you look so serious much of the time
has infiltrated my existence.
you quite silently tiptoed past
the yellow tape across my shattered and
weary heart that read:
"crime scene do not cross"
you dared to enter when the warning
signs were clearly labeled.
my mind races in the night telling
me i don't deserve this love.
i pray i do not wake to find this
precious love was
just
a 
dream.