i think, really
friends are perhaps
the most intimate
there is family, first
i love you because i know you
because you loved me first
because you took care of me
because you held my hand
as i fell
and this is
overwhelmingly intimate as well
then love,
fingers laced between yours
a head on your shoulder
excitement to grow older
i love you because
i like to be held
because i know you so well
because you are so beautiful
because you are so kind
because i want to inject myself
into the grooves of your mind
and then, there are friends
i love you because
i like your company
i love you because
of all you have done for me
i love you because
time spent with you
is time i could have been alone
and was not
no obligations, here
not bound by the fear
of remaining intact through blood
no kisses exchanged
for a kind-minded brain
just two people the same
sharing time
i love you because
in all of this life
you spend a little of yours
in mine
and i spend
a little of mine
in your mind.
12:50pm - 12/01/26