i LiKE HOW YOUR EYES ADJUST TO THE DARK

                _{you become more aware of your other senses}

_{you stretch out your hands}

                _{run your palm against the wall}

_{slow your breathing so that footsteps}

                _{their creaks and thuds}

                _{direct you:}

                                _echolocation

_{your pupils expand and for a split second}

                _{you understand how cameras work}

_{but the lights come back on and your arms drop limp like a ragdoll's}

_{your eyes tell you all you need to know}

_{sometimes you forget how blinding it can be}

                _{but you adjust}

                _{as fast as you adjust to hot water in the shower and the cold air}

_{when you exit in december even march because no matter what winter is too}

                _{damn long.}

_{i enjoy that moment}

                _{before my eyes absorb enough rays to form images}

_{before it calibrates itself to suit my needs}

                _{there's fear at the back of my throat}

_{my hands don't know where to search like i'm a}

_{zombie (sleepwalkers that freak out their spouses a lot}

_{both somewhat bleary as they couldn't see in the dark)}

_{when the lights are out}

                _{we connect by touch}

                _{bumping into each other}

_{after a while you work out little details about someone}                                                                       

                _{like how they always lisp their 's' when they're impassioned}

                _{the light might cast a shadow over their dimple}

                                _{but you never noticed how they hum themselves to sleep}

_{the darkness lets us see things in a new light.}