peace
threatens
to take over my body
but right now
i
must stay awake
for my seven-thirty class
and it's too much
to ask
of me
he whispers his thoughts to me,
sweet breath rustling the tendrils
above my ear, and I smile

this hope is too much for me
I reach and climb, but I fail,
pick myself up, reach for him

but my hands fail to find skin
fail to hear the loving voice
fail to pull you close to me

but, still, he calls to me now
and asks me to try again
and I know I'll get up, reach -
soft pillow, full-sized bed -
empty covers on your side
snow now falls outside
i write
because
he talks
and i
need sleep
but i
cannot
have it,
and so,
instead,
i write
all works (c) 2001 Krissi M.
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