Seeing you lying there
Naked
On the bed
Your left arm tucked under your head
Your right flung up and out
Hand dangling over the edge
Illuminated by the alarm clock
Glowing red
Left leg stretched straight as an arrow
Right bent slightly as if you’re taking a step
It brings to mind those outlines that the police
Spray around bodies lying cold and lifeless
On pavements
Not that I wish any harm to come to you.
Oh no – it makes me want to kiss you awake
To reassure myself
Then you breathe a sigh in your sleep and turn to me
Your left arm under your head
Your right arm flung over me,
Hand cupping my breast
Left leg trapping my thighs
Right leg stretched out straight as an arrow
I breathe a sigh of my own
As I drift to sleep
Wrapped in a shroud of
You

01/20/2005

Posted on 01/20/2005
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