i can always hear

the words you've whispered

softly to me

in the night.

they haunt my mind

like a ghost

who has nestled in and

decided to stay.

i can always feel

the sweet kiss

of your fingertips

against my skin.

it's always there,

like the dampness of rain.

i can always see

that unrelenting look in your eyes.

intense,

fiery,

adoringly beautiful and painful

at the same time.

i know

that you fear me

just as i fear you.

and i also know

that no words i ever use

could fully describe what you

truly are to me.

so i will sit,

listening to your soft breaths

and your slow heartbeat,

and as you fall asleep

i will say

"i love you"

maybe that might just

suffice.