"i bet days like today make it better."
you whispered to me.
you whispered to me, when my ears were ringing with what i had told you.
my biggest weight, expressed, and you took it weightlessly.
fearlessly, boldly, acceptingly.
no questions. no fear. no hesitation.
i must have nodded, i can't recall.
i must have,
because every day i've spent with you has made it better.
every adventure,
every smile,
laugh, touch, hug, kiss.
every exchange of breath...
and breathlessness.

at first i would shiver and tremble from fear when you left,
when you would leave me in the wake of you.
i trembled at the fear of loving someone other than me.
at the fear of sharing myself,
at the fear of how easy it was to share,
despite the fear.
but i stopped shivering long enough to warm up to the idea of you.
i warmed and the ice inside me melted,
the ice you melted with your smiles, your adventures,
your ocean soul.
i'm still running,
still trembling,
but when the trembling stops,
and when the running tires me so,
i let the waves of your soul crash around me,
and i smile.
and the warmth spreads.