one

tell me a secret –

i say

and i can see you think i want to

crawl inside your skin

but being inside you –

that would mean not loving you

from the outside like i do

not whispering morning in your ear not

rubbing dreams into your back

sometimes i lie next to you and will my love into you

i want you to feel it

beating in your blood

but you just

sleep on.

i don’t want to be one

our differences like a dance step

our fighting like music

i want to be here, outside

knowing you from where i am

so i ask you to

tell me a secret

and i listen to all the things

you don’t say.