Placated

He says, "maybe you're looking in the wrong place."
And I don't understand.
I don't understand: place.

so just tell me  
how I should erase 
that I found this tiny space
where a birthmark rests 
just below his abdomen
To the left, there

that I felt a 
certain sort of safe
in his arms 
with my head just where
he breathes in the air 
that I've breathed out

that I sleep in this place
where our hands fall between us 
and grip interlaced as we drift 
to another place
apart

and our eyes open to another day
where I am not his
and he has never been mine
so, then, how do I face
his face to my face
and not reach
to close distance in this space

because it may not be my place
because he says I'm looking in the wrong place