days long spent laying in bed,
lungs swelling like sails in the wind. to feel
you breathing next to me, I would give every hour of sleep.
to know the cadence of your air, to lie in tandem
to have you drowsy against my skin. in dreams I held
your hair off your neck and kissed it---the hair,
silky and balled in my fist. I watched
your jaw pulse and your neck quiver as you dreamt, watched
lashes flutter against wind on your face. you slept through it all,
days and nights. regardless of where the sun was,
you slept. I could never guess when your morning would arrive.
Mar 29
Mar 29, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC
days long spent laying in bed,
lungs swelling like sails in the wind. to feel
you breathing next to me, I would give every hour of sleep.
to know the cadence of your air, to lie in tandem
to have you drowsy against my skin. in dreams I held
your hair off your neck and kissed it---the hair,
silky and balled in my fist. I watched
your jaw pulse and your neck quiver as you dreamt, watched
lashes flutter against wind on your face. you slept through it all,
days and nights. regardless of where the sun was,
you slept. I could never guess when your morning would arrive.
