Closer Than

You’re closer than you were
Not by much
Just enough
That I notice it

Your shoulder
Almost touching
Mine not moving away

We don’t say anything
But we feel it

This is closer than harmless
Closer than safe
Closer than we planned to stand
And neither of us shifts

This is closer than neutral
Closer than chance
Closer than something
We can still call small

The silence changes shape
It stretches thinner
Like it’s waiting
For one of us
To decide
But no one does

It holds
And we hold with it

This is closer than nothing
Closer than light
Closer than something
We can step out of clean
And neither of us leaves

There’s still time
We both know it
There’s still time

This is closer
Than we meant to be
And we stay