together.

together in silence we lay staring at the ceiling.  usually my brain would race for a clever thing to say, but instead your fingers wrap around mine and i feel no pressure to do anything but be.  silence used to force its anxiety through me.  silence used to be something i dreaded.  all day thoughts bounce between my ears fighting to be so important i open my mouth to let them out, but next to you they all fade away.  you begin to tell me a story, and i lose myself in the low rumble of your voice.  as you speak your essence finds its way into my soul, and it doesn't feel crowded.