- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Sleep
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We fall asleep,
me behind her.
No need for covers,
our body heat keeping each other warm.
I drift asleep to the sound of her breathing,
accented by the rhythm of her heartbeat.
I awake several hours later with a start.
"Where am I?" I ask myself, my heart racing.
My eyes adjust,
the moonlight coming through the window
illuminates the figure before me.
She is now facing me.
My heart slows to a more normal pace as I remember.
I'm at her house, in her bed.
I slowly reach over and push the stray strands of hair behind her ear.
She is so beautiful.
I lay there, watching her sleep.
As if sensing me, she moves toward me,
into my arm.
I hold her head to my chest and breath easier.
I start to drift off to sleep again, comforted by the warm body I hold to me.
"I will protect you," I whisper, "from all the evil things that go 'bump' in the night."
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