Braille

Be kind to your skin-
it shells my sweetheart
the one that’s everything I’ve never known
who sews my arms that carry indentations
while completely cavalier about her own
You can feel through my pores
your name in braille
You’re the vessel I found
sailing in my veins
I’m the candle you leave lit in hopes that
you burn my hesitation to the ground
When it comes to being loved without permission
I smother every spark 'til I go out
You can feel through my pores
your name in braille
You’re the vessel I found
sailing in my veins
I am welded
to the freckles of your arm
to your voice inside the dark
You are the scriptures our fathers wrote
upon the holy stone
You’re the map back to my home
I am welded to your arm
You can feel through my pores
your name in braille
You’re the vessel I found
sailing in my veins
You’re the braille.