you're sleeping next to me.
shades of gray and shifting black
something i can reach out to
in the dark.
your steady breath
brings me in
and blows me away
like a tethered milkweed
a prisoner of the gentle tide
of your breath.

why are you here?
how did you get here?
it couldn't be because of me...
are you lost dearest?
searching out some daemon
or running away from one?
what brought you to my door
what will call out to you
till it leads you away?

what do i do
with these things you put into
my head and
that heavy metal slug
in my chest?

you make me think thoughts
i never wanted to think again
walls crumble and crack
breaking open
breaking down
and i'm too afraid
to look into the light.

i want to sleep with you
want to happen along you
during a dream.
maybe things would make
more sense there.
maybe i would understand.

how you
in all of your majesty
in all of your sublime
simplicity
can be here
sleeping next to me.