Sleepless Sounds and Silhouettes

It's four-a-m

And my body won't sleep -

Not when moonlight filters in through half-closed blinds,

And frames your face in such a way that I can't bear to look away.

Your hair is almost silver in this light,

Your nose a gorgeous cliff against the soft plains of your face.

I am reminded of a goddess bathed in moonlight -

A protector, a warrior, phantasmal and resplendent -

And I know she has given us this moment.

Artemis allowing us this time when time does not exist;

Together, alone, loved, gentle.

Nothing matters so much as trying to memorize your lines.

I will try to draw them later;

It won't work as well in the day -

Not when time exists.

I will try anyway.

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It's four-fourteen-a-m

And my body won't sleep -

Not when it can hear you breathing,

When it can align my heartbeat with your rhythm.

It reminds me that you are here:

Safe

Loved

Loving

And I can't bear to stop listening.

I'm reminded of a river flowing quiet in the night -

An unending source of life and safety -

And I know the earth has given us this.

The most natural of existences;

Quiet, peaceful, sweet.

Nothing matters so much as hearing you breathe,

And knowing

This moment

Is just for us