“I want to read you,
like my favorite book.
Soak up every sentence,
and every word that you are.
Run my fingers,
down your spine
and mark my favorite places
that I find, on the surface
of your skin and within.
Turn down the corners of you,
where I want to come back
to visit again,
and reread my favorite
moments that
I’ve had with you.
Learn you like a story,
and take my time,
to memorize your every line.
Leave you well worn,
so that you will know
you are my favorite book,
that I long to get lost inside.
Leave my fingerprints
in your creases and
my signature on your back,
so you will know
you belong with me,
so there will be no question
that you are the story line,
I want to know best,
beyond the surface,
like the back of my hand,
past the first chapter,
to the end.
Can I memorize your body,
Inside and out?
like a magnificent story,
till you have no doubt—
You are my favorite book,
that I want to get lost in
again and again…"
