Where - One Body Begins And The Other Ends Poem by Mark Heathcote

I prefer a slow burn to a flash of light
I keep thinking is he the one?
Then, I back off
"You may be the one darling-

I just, need-to-know for sure."
"I understand, I see that
In your face & eyes
It's in the touch of your hand."

"Darling, I wish I could touch you now.
—I get scared, I back away.
Maybe—you can find me? "

"You seem defensive after
You have opened up a little.
Like when you asked me
Is this a staring competition?
I know it will take time for us both,
But I am very, happy."

"Me too darling
And I am falling in love with you.
Slowly & surely & once I do…
& if I do, I won't let go."

"I want you.
I am willing to follow you to the end of the earth.
I am no quitter either my love.
I would never leave you.
I am willing to do anything to make things work out."

"I want us to be together—comfortably.
Within our own, rights.
So deep into each other
We won't be able to tell
Where - one body begins and the other ends."

Debbie Michelle Hennessey & Mark Andrew Heathcote