oceans

lovers, side by side

in bed with fingers curled around the others

inching ever so closely to the poignancy of a pain that we cannot take away,

questions that we wish we could answer for each other

things we wish could be made simpler with a gentle kiss.

he caresses my face

i realise after a while when everything else boils over 

all the spark and passion simmers down into the slight shake of the hand as it slides over skin

an exploration of terrain we often think already familiar.

But no, you don't know the earthquakes

I didn't know until it shook through my body and made my nerves jolt out of character.

I say "oh dear, oh dear" 

how deep the wreckage,

i try to turn away to save you from drowning. 

xx