I breathe you in slow and steady
In the space of a heartbeat, we are one
Your fingertips lily petals down my back
Your lips' gravitational pull
Completely irresistible.

I exhale
A jagged breath, heavily weighted with yearning
Your weight pressed against me like a blanket
Warm and radiating with safety
A groan.

Your eyes spark
but the fire ignites in me
My legs, a vice, pulling you deeper
My skin thrums with longing
Every nerve begging and pleading
Hoping and wishing

And it hits.
It's a tidal wave and I'm a shell on the beach
I gasp for air and get carried away in the current
The wave subsides and I can breathe again.
My body shivers but the room isn't cold
And neither is your touch.

For an entire heartbeat we sit as one
Before you pull away.
In the space of a heartbeat
We becomes me.
Wearing a painted smile