I drowned in the cushions  because you
weren't there to help me float above the
                                         sleepless twilight..

But while I was dragged beneath the waves
of quilted ecstasy, I was motionless...
           I was smothered beyond the grasp
of your touch.

I missed you on the opposite side of this
      boat of slumber, but without you
It rocked in the rough seas  
                                         of lonely nights.

I can still feel the breeze of your perfume
on the sheets
                   I sail on every night..


You were the anchor of my dreams,

         and now I drown every nightfall.

Without you,
it doesn't feel right to
          sleep in an ocean meant for two..


But now I drown in this bed,
                         suffocating  on cushions,

         drowning in this quilt of loneliness.