intimacy | poetry

poem

intimacy is a knowing smile shared

as cheek presses against a windowpane

covered in mother nature’s tears.

intimacy is the time someone takes to remind you

about something good you don’t see

in your own being.

intimacy is the first days of living together

in shared spaces where one watches the other

complete a puzzle of blooming flowers

on wooden floorboards.

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in a living room you study her eyes  

and notice an absence of self-awareness

over being seen in a bathrobe

forever without makeup.

intimacy is sitting beside the one you love

more than self

without an urge to push them away

because they know everything about who you are.