Delicate Dance (Pt 1)

This delicate
dance
we do, touching
the word “love”
with our toes, letting it
graze past our knuckles, breathe
gently on our skin, whisper
as it moves

Trying it on
for size, letting our
mouths, our
tongues taste it, seeing
how it feels as it
describes everything else
around us

This beautiful little
dance, scooping up
Love and letting it
trickle off our palms, watching
just how close to the
line we’ll go, seeing
how many times more I can
say,
“You’re
amazing,” when what I
really mean is,
“I love you.”