You pervade my thoughts like a vine

Tendrils creeping and invading every area of my mind

Like an imposter or a spy you have infiltrated my life

Connecting like a zip that cannot be undone

I try to concentrate on my work, my child, my home, my friends

But these thoughts of you never end

I had forgotten how it feels to be so all-consumed

To think I knew you before. Before this, before us

Christmases spent together, lives linked but never like this

Knowing you for so long and never considering the possibilities

We tend not to drink when we’re together, preferring to be present and experience these feelings, fucking intense and new

Exploring each other’s bodies and minds

Getting to know every inch of ourselves together, finding our way

Incredible how in such a short time we have covered so much ground

At once both familiar and new, on this transformative journey together as one