잘자 Rilakkuma (art by my dear friend Juju / @jvn0x)

the zipper on your back reminds me of home

nights I would wait by the door

hoping to find 

there had always 

been a secret

downstairs

somewhere between 

our neighbors and us

a second place 

where I could live

between

your heart

your stuffing your voice

i’m you

wondering if it gets hot

during the summer

if the felt of your skin

is ever too itchy

if you miss seeing with 

the whites of your eyes

someday i’ll be coming home

smiling through the peephole

unzipping my skin at the door,

pausing to remember how

you used to sigh

every time i came home so late

as i gently pat 

the space between your ears

the rain seeping inside

flooding our eyes

whispering

how much I’ve missed you