Intimacy is not only about bodies.
It is about how much of your inner world you allow another person to touch.
The old pattern is to focus on the physical layer
while keeping your thoughts, fears, and dreams carefully guarded.
Close on the outside.
Distant on the inside.
Real intimacy is a slow opening of many doors.
You let them see what excites you.
What scares you.
The questions you ask yourself when you cannot sleep.
It also lives in very simple gestures.
The way you touch someone when you are not trying to get anything from them.
A hand on a shoulder while you pass.
A palm on a back that says I am here.
Your nervous systems learn each other.
Over time, being together can feel like slipping into a familiar song.
Love, here, is the courage to be known,
not just desired.