11:30
passionate heat
envelopes us
time stops
as night slides
to morning

12:00
sleep falls
over us
limp and
exhausted
as today
embraces
tomorrow

12:30
my eyes open
sleep slips away
my hands jumpy
itching to work
i get up
so as not
to disturb
as dark
deepens
and light
is a but
distant
future

1:00
bleary eyed
stumbling
falling
beside me
your body
presses mine
shoulder arm thigh
warmth on my right
as coldness seeps
in from the left

1:30
my mind awake
but empty
my hands work
furiously creating
listening to
your soft breathing
as you sleep
upright
on the sofa
beside me
your hand
on my thigh
as i await
the light
of day

12/26/2007

Author's Note: there are nights when i can't sleep, but i hate being alone. he sits up with me, snoozing as i work.

Posted on 12/26/2007
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