I close my eyes, and I can feel you.
My nose is cold, my ears are tall. I feel you breathing, a light gasping through fragile ribs. I feel your fur, bristling in the air, brushed back by the breeze.
I close my eyes, I can see you.
Each pupil expanding, your eyes glisten in a hazel light of gold and brown. Your tongue licks at those teeth, a smirk - almost - under the sides of your mouth. Twinning, twitching, drooping, swishing... Your tail eventually rest beside you. An entity in itself.
Ears fold back, jaw tightens, it's killing you to be so caged, so hidden.
I close my eyes, I am you.
A part, not whole, refined, yet chaotic.
It hur