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[Library] I Sleep Alone
by Nikki RiceIt's awfully empty up here
now that you've all but trained me
now that I've become so accustomed
breathing next to you
as I sleep.
And it's terribly lonely at night
when I lay down my swollen head
when I double over in heart attack
missing your nervous heat
as I sleep.
But the mornings are most melancholy
as my feet drop to an icey floor
as my eyes struggle to feign awake
I only see your face
as I sleep.
Breathing
next to you,
Missing
your nervous heat;
I only see
your face
as I sleep. 10/17/2007 Posted on 10/17/2007
Copyright © 2024 Nikki Rice
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 10/17/07 at 02:56 PM Well done..... |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 10/17/07 at 06:15 PM This feels FULL of the emptiness, and I can feel it. |
| Posted by Richard Vince on 10/17/07 at 06:47 PM achingly beautiful. |
| Posted by Elizabeth Seago on 01/08/08 at 12:23 AM This is fantastic. I deal with the realities of this on a nightly basis these days. What an eloquent way of putting it. +Favorites |
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