If you love someone, memorize
the music that flows under their
skin.
Turn the melodies into an album
so they hear their beauty from
within.
Trace over their bones, for that
is the foundation, the being, the
structure
Of a person you cherish so much, so
much that nothing, miniscule or huge, could
rupture.
Hold them as they sleep, even after a circling fight or hateful
words,
because in distance is where damage
lurks.
©summer2000
S