Until Morning Light

My heart says your name
when the room is still,
when the world slips awy and it’s just us two,
I need you most when the silence stays,
when the dark stretches long between our days.

You’re far, but you’re close
in the way I breathe,
every thought of you
stays wrapped in me.

I wish you were here, no words, no sound,
just your arms pulling all of my edges back down.
Just your heat reminding my body what’s true,
how it settles so easily only with you.

no words to say,
just your arms around me
at the end of the day.

I hold you in thought, don’t let you go,
even in morning, I still need you so.

--BB