you looked at me
smiling
ease melting out of your eyes
you spoke quietly
punctuating certain words
like "if" and "when"
and then you paused
as if caught deep in a thought
that held its arms around you
and i wanted you to let me into that thought
but its arms slowly slipped away
releasing you
and you smiled again,
whispering, "you know what I mean?"
I nodded,
"I know"
and I knew,
knew what comfortable meant.
