IF

If I ever needed proof
that there is more to life than this body
that talking is more than from our mouths,
more, even, than found in our touch

It is that I decided to find you 
and a moment later I did
It is that I think a word and you say it
like a game I used to play as a kid 

It is that I know how your hand feels
without having felt its strength
It is that I wake in the night so aware of you
next to me when you’re 1200 miles away

If I ever needed proof
that there is more to life than this body
that two can be one,
fragments of the same being

It is that unlike all the others, when I go
silent you instead hear my scream
It is that I know if I walked into an empty field
in the dark, I’d find you by your warmth, my beacon    

It is that I know that I can trust you
in any situation, to be an extension of me
It is that I know you’ll never run, never hide,
because we’re the same, lay bare to be seen

If I ever needed proof
if, if if…
If I ever needed proof
You, love, are it.