skin

sitting there, holding on

staying calm, hand upon hand

skin, touching skin

your hands are warm, she tells me

lights blinking on and off

I'm listening to the song Wires

“…going in and out of her skin”

as she smiles it brings me in

a sharp pain to my eye

not going to lie

                         lying down next to me

automatically

                         transporting me to that place in between

                                             I'm looking around

going into empty rooms

             floating around

                                             following her voice

I wake up and she is smiling

down at me

and breathe

we both breathe

sitting there, holding on

staying calm, hand upon hand

skin, touching skin