You're sleeping next to me and I'm afraid to touch you

You're breathing out and breathing in, steady and slow

And I'm close enough to see the rise and fall of your chest

Close enough to reach out and just touch you but I can't because I'm afraid

I've already gone too far, crossed the line

I'm in your world, in your bed and the suns peeking through green curtains and dancing on your clothes

And how beautiful it is to be able to see this, see what you see every morning when you wake up, and to look into eyes that make you hold your breath and hope that the moment stays in your brain forever

But that's the worst part

Because eventually the eyes close and the head turns and the body once angled toward you turns away and leaves you alone, with nothing but the image of the person you love turning their back on you

Leaving you feeling like nothing could make things better and like nothing could make things worse

Because in love, things are dangerous

And people fall in and out of it

And people fall in and out of me

And I can't let anyone see anything, see what I see every morning when I wake up,

Because when you see what I see, when you see how I see, you leave

And you won't come back