as it comes

foot
steps
coming
i hear
them
apprehensively
they
echo
off my
heart

i capture the
low tones
in my hands
cradle them
gently
into
sounds
let them out
my
throat

i peel
the high tones
off
of my heart
and slowly
carefully
smooth them on to
the most
sensitive
parts
of my skin

the echo
is almost
a sound
i believe in

into the view
of my downcast eyes
a pair
of
feet
come..