love poem 137

you open the door,

and walk in,

dragging the cold

in with your bones.

you walk,

and look,

then look away,

and in between those seconds

i saw you look

then look away,

i saw you go

i saw you,

quick then slow,

quick since time

never was slow,

slow since i

play it so.

this is the day

i realized

that because you are

half warm 

and half cold,

i am

half yours,

half mine.