i love you at night

eyes closed

lights off

curtains drawn

i love you in the dark

keyhole light shone on one eye

haunting

i love you when it’s quiet

no heartbeat under the floorboards

just heavy breath

i love you secretly

folded up

neatly stacked feelings

barely contained

i love you til the mourning dove coos

and then my love is gone

our love is real to me every night

even if you only feel it in my dreams

loving you is an action i can only execute in imagery

pale in aphantasia

i trace your outline

the curve of your existence

out of reach

my love for you burns eternal

but i can only love you at night