maybe i can submit this instead?

intimacy~

from the map i am currently writing
the map of intimacy:
a guide for development psychology

i and the other:
when there is mutual knowing (says Kathy)
and being in each other's company (adds she)

and there is mutual vulnerability (says Cordova and colleagues)
and validation from self disclosure (says Reis and Patrick)

a stage we reach (says Erik Erikson)
the self constructed in relation (says H. Sullivan)

intimacy was when i made myself fully available
presence, support, and knife to to chop chickens
the anxious perfectionist chef

when i attune myself to moods strung out
in words and letters strung together
thru text, each message sent from me
pieces and moments of me for you

it is a nod across the room
a sudden all-knowing smile
the hug spontaneous

i am here for you
you are.

and so am i,
says you.