This Is How Everything Changes

This is new.

This is my hand finding yours
and the glow of the computer screen lighting your room.
This is the way your laughter fills the air
and the way your fingers feel locked with mine.

This is the smile on your face
and your thumb running over the back of my hand.
This is my head finding your shoulder
and the way you look at me.

This is your eyes meeting mine,
and mine closing.
This is your lips on mine and our hands trembling
and the sound of your heart racing.

This is the sweet fire of whiskey lingering on our tongues.
This is my hands in your hair
and your fingertips tracing down my spine.

This is your warm hands on my bare back,
making me shiver.
This is your lips chasing away the darkness,
your touch burning away the cold.

This is our first kiss,
and the ones that came after.