“Every Inch of You”

Your eyes

hold me steady

like gravity choosing its favorite pull.

The air thickens

between one breath and the next,

where silence hums louder than sound.

I trace your presence

without touching

mapping warmth,

measuring the distance

from your heartbeat to my name.

Every glance

feels like a slow unraveling,

every inhale

a quiet confession.

And in that held gaze,

I feel you

filling every inch of me

that ever dared to be empty.