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I lie awake in empty space Unable to escape your lingering face I close my eyes and feel myself fly Across the soulless miles to where you are Your window lets the moonlight in Like an ethereal glow it lines your skin Sweet and welcoming like summer When I've known no other than ice I have never before heard of A pull like you have, my love I have no choice but to answer your call My body is determined to touch and feel Please stay asleep dearest As long as you are nearest To me, I can remember how to breathe Remember what it means to feel safe Entranced by contented dreaming lips I brush back your hair with fingertips Wondering where you find such solace And if you ever miss me in ways you shouldn't I feel this ache inside my soul Longing for the life that this world stole Your arms are my cradle, your breathing Sweet lullabies of sunshine and butterflies Only here can I find rest Tucked inside your sleeping breast I can almost forget my body lies Trembling, so far away when my heart is here The cruelty of stern reality Calls me back, it's time to leave But I cannot move from you Can't I stay with Butterflies and Sun? I know you're not real or close But **** it, I do know those Dreams belong to us Will we ever see the day when this is not mere wish? Back alone, the air is still My breath fogs against the chill I turn over, and you are not there I only allow myself one tear For all the times I said 'I love you', and you couldn't hear it.
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Mar 1, 2013
Mar 1, 2013 at 3:16 PM UTC
I Lie Awake in Empty Space
I lie awake in empty space Unable to escape your lingering face I close my eyes and feel myself fly Across the soulless miles to where you are Your window lets the moonlight in Like an ethereal glow it lines your skin Sweet and welcoming like summer When I've known no other than ice I have never before heard of A pull like you have, my love I have no choice but to answer your call My body is determined to touch and feel Please stay asleep dearest As long as you are nearest To me, I can remember how to breathe Remember what it means to feel safe Entranced by contented dreaming lips I brush back your hair with fingertips Wondering where you find such solace And if you ever miss me in ways you shouldn't I feel this ache inside my soul Longing for the life that this world stole Your arms are my cradle, your breathing Sweet lullabies of sunshine and butterflies Only here can I find rest Tucked inside your sleeping breast I can almost forget my body lies Trembling, so far away when my heart is here The cruelty of stern reality Calls me back, it's time to leave But I cannot move from you Can't I stay with Butterflies and Sun? I know you're not real or close But **** it, I do know those Dreams belong to us Will we ever see the day when this is not mere wish? Back alone, the air is still My breath fogs against the chill I turn over, and you are not there I only allow myself one tear For all the times I said 'I love you', and you couldn't hear it.
brittany-s-knight
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Mar 1, 2013
Mar 1, 2013 at 3:16 PM UTC
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