i feel my heartbeat echo near,
a steady pulse, loud in my ear,
when i lay my head to sleep,
jolting awake with the sounds you keep.
kintsugi skin; i'm falling in,
lost in the dream of what we could be.
unsink your teeth, release, and chase me
to the fragile edge of my mind's debris.
roll down the window to let in the air,
a rushing chill to strip me bare.
guide me softly, show me where-
which body here is truly mine.