A Kindly Carpenter

Let me build you out of kisses

I will gently pull and curl each strand from your head

Let me smooth your shoulders into a firm back

I will push my fingertips to mold your chest

Let me use my cheek and neck to create yours

I will take my nails and give you interesting little scars

With an amusing or upsetting story to accommodate each one

Let me press my wrists against your sides

To shape your torso into what it should be

I will wrap my arms to make each leg

And I will slide down slowly to ensure their perfection

I will use each toe of mine to teach yours what to do

My fingers showing yours what intertwined feels like

To top it off, after rubbing and tugging ears into you

I will tell them every secret

I will gently pull apart your beautiful head

And I will fill it with knowledge

with personality

with ideas I've never had

and memories that aren't my own

With all of this, 

I shall set you free to search the world

And if you ever come back and find me

I will press my chest against yours

And let you feel the heat, the heart, that made you

But you will not know

Your fingers will feel as if I taught them

How to hold and be held;

You will not know why

Our bodies and minds will feel so right

We will both be convinced that we are in the afterlife

We will feel this way with no explanation, no reason

We will be in love