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You sleep earthquake some nights like a puppy Whimper and swim You dream like the grand canyon did when it was just a shallow river bed You never expect to get so big to create so much space So I know holding you won't make you still Your head in my hands like a sunrise strands of gold drizzling between my fingers Your body like a lonely bear living in a city you miss home eat only yellow things Dandilions and honey bumble bees and chips of paint from fire hydrants Inside you belly it is always daytime always spring So much light you don't sleep well most nights And I wish I could place my hands inside the space between your shoulder blades and take it out of you hold it swirling in my hands I will put it into a jar of water and in then in the fridge so that it might learn stillness in the cold I will come back to bed to you a beer bottle still in my hand I will pull the blankets from you and let the dark settle Inside this new space And maybe this night You can sleep peacefully
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 1:37 PM UTC
Last Night I stole Your Light
You sleep earthquake some nights like a puppy Whimper and swim You dream like the grand canyon did when it was just a shallow river bed You never expect to get so big to create so much space So I know holding you won't make you still Your head in my hands like a sunrise strands of gold drizzling between my fingers Your body like a lonely bear living in a city you miss home eat only yellow things Dandilions and honey bumble bees and chips of paint from fire hydrants Inside you belly it is always daytime always spring So much light you don't sleep well most nights And I wish I could place my hands inside the space between your shoulder blades and take it out of you hold it swirling in my hands I will put it into a jar of water and in then in the fridge so that it might learn stillness in the cold I will come back to bed to you a beer bottle still in my hand I will pull the blankets from you and let the dark settle Inside this new space And maybe this night You can sleep peacefully
jon-tobias
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jon-tobias
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Sep 16, 2013
Sep 16, 2013 at 1:37 PM UTC
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