shadow

your mouth, my mouth

lips over the ghost of your lips

I begin to mirror you

in the worst ways

shadowing the spaces 

you leave empty

holding your body above mine

your chest, my chest

I breathe with you

fingers in your hair

holding you there

desperate to maintain

the moment

watching myself

in your dark irises

you swallow me

move my mouth 

against your mouth

chest against chest

mirroring like shadows

meandering the emptiness

of that moment

I feel you speak

resonating somewhere

pressed to my throat 

I don't answer

not wanting to ruin 

the moment

pull you closer, deeper

holding on is numbing

bruising

but you mirror me 

so well

like this, we become

each other

palm against palm

foreheads touching 

breathing synchronized

your mouth is my mouth

a ghost of your lips

I mirror you 

in the worst ways