My Prescription

I can overcome the feelings of depression if only for moments

By closing my eyes and thinking of the way you

Trace words on my skin with your fingertips at night.

I imagine you’re writing the formula to cure my sadness,

Letting each letter sink into my skin straight down to my bones.

It’s silly I know, because you’re only tracing out the words

"I love you" on my back but I’ve discovered that

No doctor can give me a prescription with a side effect

Of pure happiness the way that you can, so

You’ll have to excuse me as I bury my face

Into the spot where your neck meets your shoulders

Because that’s the place I call my home.

It’s familiar, safe, and warm there and I’d like to never leave.