Perfect betrayal

[Katherine Grillet]

"Katherine?" Your deep voice makes my spine vibrate and I disintegrate into nothing as I realize how close I'm standing to you, how far I've advanced. But it's too late now to leave without an explanation…and yet, it's too early to explain why my hands are on the arm rest of your chair, and why I'm leaning in front of you face to face…eyes to eyes, nose to nose, mouth to….

You look at me. How can I not unravel at the seams? Your smile is the sun and I am the empty universe with your rays stretching through time and space reaching every dark recess of my being and my breath, my soul, my essence, my life is enraptured by your presence and I'm shaking, breaking, spinning out of control as I clumsily place a palm on your left cheek.