Quilt

Expensive scotch on my breath blossomed out into the night air
I traced a map her face onto my thighs
and as the morning watched us gather up our clothes and hide
I wondered if I would live like this forever
dodging speeding buses
watching landlocked lovers dance around each other
tired and empty
I return to you

They left me wretched and lonely at your door
to sow me up and count my freckles
were what your tremblings hands were for
Search for meaning between the lines that held my body together
We found the brandy and the poetry
the violin chords and symmetry
that reflected me onto you
We sewed a quilt onto each others bodies
connecting our skin
until only one of us existed

We write the saddest love songs
you and I
Dependent souls
queer couple