Ink and Ivy

Songs that you have sung cling to the blankets
That we hold onto as dreams carry me
Into your words and bounce from the strums
of your guitar.

Deep brown eyes that tuck me away
Into the night as the sweet touch of your lips
Melt onto my skin

Blackened ink that runs along your arm
And scars, hidden, for only one to see
Raised and soft at the tips of my fingers
Bring a strange sense of closeness that
Have made me so enraptured

Initially you were hidden and refused to
Open up
Now here you are, laid naked and bare
And with each trace of skin, each soft feeling,
I fall deeper into you

Jun 30th, 2019