clutching at straws

Let me hold you with my hands, fingers shaking, interlaced;

let me hold you with my legs as a vice around your waist;

let me hold you with my teeth, sunk - into your skin;

let me hold you with my eyes, full of love, mad with sin.

Let me wrap myself around you like a vine would on a tree;

let me hold you in my arms as you sleep peacefully.

Let me pin you to my bed, keep you still while I eat - 

let me hold you with my mouth - restrain you - bodily.

let me kiss you let me kiss you let me kiss you let me weep

let me leave my trail of kisses from your stomach to your cheek

let there be no space between us, not a breath, not an inch

I will love you all my life so tonight please don't flinch

hold my gaze, unwavering - as long as love, as long as time -

tell me for ever more: "I am yours and you are mine"

//we have 94 hours left together this year