As You Lie Sleeping

As you lie sleeping
I watch the shadows dance over your velvet skin
I am taken by the beautiful rhythm of rise and fall
The distance between us crumbles away and for one brief second - I feel you

As you lie sleeping
I am captivated with what my eyes behold
As I long to feel your warmth wrap itself around me
I close my eyes and in my mind melt into you

As you lie sleeping
You dream your dreams as my heart fills full
Blissfully unaware of the storm raging within me - you slumber
A cannonade of emotion leaves me breathless

As you lie sleeping
I drink you in, watching you through the strange eye of distance
Humbled by your trust in me I strip my heart bare, naked before you, I stand.
The honesty of this moment sweeps over me in waves

As you lie sleeping
Something has awakened in me this night, my sweet
What I'd known of love before this instant withers away blinded by envy
My heart, nearly bursting, rushes ahead of all thought and reason, brazen

As you lie sleeping
I have no want outside of this, now, with you
No need so occupies my soul as the need to be near you here
Heat from desire's flame burns within my body and mind

As you lie sleeping
I imagine the day that you awaken from past loves stupor
Your eyes, rubbed clean of a long dead love's haze,
Look upon me as I see you tonight - eyes and heart wide open
As you lie sleeping


until next time.....
be kind,
me