Side by Side

You hold me
close
Still.

Your hand feels warm
and cold
All at once.

Fingers on feathers
embrace difference,
Caress.

I'm poised, ready,
but your thumb
Pins one wing

While your belt loop
crushes
The other.

Tough denim
on
Fragile bones.

I'm suspended
in mid-air,
Falling inside.

Faceless,
you take me
Elsewhere.

Side by Side

Faceless,
you change me
Against my will.