In This Minute I Will Remember

I keep my fingers joined

to the pulse of this moment.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Of your face close to mine,

repeating the promise I make.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Of your laugh calling up

a warmth in my chest.

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Of the fractions of contact

that quickly stained our lips.

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Of the haven we wrapped

ourselves in through the winter.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Of drunk texts oversaturated

with simple words and sweet jokes.

26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Of your outstretched body on the carpet,

paying attention to every word I said.

31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

Of the tilt of my legs towards you

in the car, as the sun collapsed over snow.

36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Of the butterscotch on our tongues

as our eyes kept each other paused.

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Of the cautious circles we

draw around our hours of eclipse.

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Of the way our bodies

gravitated towards almost.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

Of your silhouette leaning against

my door frame at three in the morning.

56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

Tentatively I lift my fingers off

the pulse only imagined.