northern skin

you see me for so much more, than i could ever see within myself, spent so much time in bed, reaching for a turned back, that it became the norm, the coldest shoulders, had made my skin go numb, until i felt your warmth, i was burned at the touch, but from that pain comes thaw, a part of me is waking up, you found me just as i was shutting down, my love was buried in the frozen ground, shake the dirt and the ice, i felt so cast aside, a discarded device, but it wasn't til i saw your eyes, looking into mine, that i broke down, that i realized, how much i had hurt, covered in the dirt, hardened in the cold, my heart was put on hold, so this is what it means, to finally be seen, to be brought to my knees, but never have to plead, my lips utter the phrase, "it's just serendipity", but this was no mistake, we're right where we should be, i'm sorry, it's just not what i'm used to, after all those years trying, to be of some use to, someone who never needed me, someone who never needed what i was, so i learned to live with it, until your fingers found my skin, burning me like medicine, showing me what i've been missing, no apprehension, we just fell into it