IX

(osmosis)

i need you.
thank you. i need you.
how strange, the shell in the mirror.
how strange, the idea that i have arms. eyes. lungs.
i don't quite know what to do with them.
and still i have to speak in their language.
it makes it almost forgettable. but you help me. thank you.
you know that i am beyond the skin and bones.

rebekah flies round, seeking a home for her intangible self.
you know. you smile. you are building the perfect one.
just wait, you say. i know it can be hard to get the skin to stick for now but hold on.
every day is one day closer.
it's almost ready. just you wait.

i need you.
more than i've ever needed anything else.
it is beyond need. it has become something else.
i am not living, it is true. you are the one with life.
our souls have mingled and diffused.

did i mention
i need you?
i am the fire and you are what it means to burn.