always always.

you crawl into my thoughts, my words, even my skin and as if that's not bad enough- you choose to linger. you take your own sweet time even though you know there is work to be done, people to be met, words to be said and years to be spent. you follow me around despite my protests- because you know secretly deep down, i love it. i love it when you watch me. i love it when you know my turns, my twists, my moods, my commas, my fullstops. you know me as well as i know you. i know what you mean when you don't speak. i know your smile, your voice, your laugh. how your eyebrow rises when i've just begun to explain, how your eyes soften when you look at me, the way the corner of your mouth bends when i'm right, the sigh that means you've given in- as always.

i know you. i know you by heart.