the next time we love, i will do it properly, fully. not as wolves or shadows or beating hearts. as...

the next time we love, i will do it properly, fully. not as wolves or shadows or beating hearts. as humanly as we know how. all fingers and tongues and questioning eyes and how limbs are just limbs until you touch them and then they’re alive, they’re alight, they’re swelling into something more than you thought could ever be. so we press our fingers into our fingers and marvel that our palms can do this. that you can touch me and my belly is full of electricity. that i can touch you and suddenly you are glowing.