when he wakes

It’s impossible to describe the feeling of seeing her again, her smile and her eyes, the way she looked at him and then looked away if their eyes locked for too long. She moves with such grace, a silent confidence she’s not even aware of.

He walks over to her and pulls her close. “It’s so good to see you”, he whispers in her ear and her head tilts slightly as if his breath tickled her neck. He lets his hands travel down along her back and rest at her waist. Such a familiar sensation, lost for the longest time. “Come back to me”, he says and forgets about all the years between them. “I will” she says and her lips meet his as they have many times before. He clings to this moment as if he’s holding on for his life, knowing it’ll soon be gone.

When he wakes, he spends the day letting her go all over again.