I want to collapse into one

.........I want to collapse into one
single instant the headlong rush
of all the trailing half-smile talk
that cast itself through me.
..........I want to know and forget
the play of hands across my skin,
their prying game of touch-and-retreat
with the left-behind lines.
.....................................Bright child shadow,
sweeping across my face like a sun-set smile,
snapping time into seconds,
..........I want to run, hate-blinded
through hazy old streets
and seize your face in my hands.