When you leave me,
part of your heart
will still beat
in the empty space
between my sheets.
When you go,
the imprint of your body
will throb in the darkness
on the mattress
next to me.
And when I stretch out,
my arm to feel you
your absent fingers
will trail up the veins
in my arm.
But for now,
you fall asleep
with your arms around me.
warmed by the red neon
of the Safeway sign.
Signing we are safe.