I am dying in your arms
Not the kind that ends a life
But the kind that begins one
The kind where every breath
Falls into your breath
And something in me
Finally lets go of its fear
Your hands are a quiet heaven
Your chest is a doorway
I walk through without looking back
When you hold me
The world softens its edges
Time forgets its hunger
And even my shadows
Learn how to kneel
I die in the way a storm dies
When it reaches the shore
All roar collapsing
Into a single trembling hush
I die in the way a name dies
When it becomes a vow
Spoken against a lover’s skin
If this is dying
Let me fall again and again
Into your warmth
Into your heartbeat
Into the place where I end
And we begin