A day will come when you will surpass my flesh.

You’ll destroy the dam, and a flood will follow, and I will be helpless.

Is it best to sink into this knowing?

My time with you presses upon me,

threatening a hollowness I cannot overcome.

And when I can stand the feeling no longer, I’ll be forced to fill the hollow with your sounds and your touch.

I will know you in ways I never wanted,

and you will understand me in ways I never could.