And when I open my eyes in the morning
I want to see you
Feel you with breathing near and reach across
Tug the sheet a moment, a flicker of energy
An awareness; half asleep, half knowing
A little more, expose the skin
Soft, tender seemingly flowing water-like from
Sheets white and stark
Against skin, against the shifting morning light
Filtered through leaves and trees and windows and shades and
See and hear what I’ve dreamt of
And when I feel your breathing next to me
The bed slowly
Rhythmically moving a millimeter up
Down
Like ocean waves rolling endless toward
The shore
Feel the bed in time with your breath, my heart
The sun sitting, expectant, waiting
For an open eye
And when I am almost all the way awake
I want to have you
Feel you envelope me; warm breath and wet lips
And wait and wait and wait
For the sun to slide away, to reach beyond us
And have the day
End without the need
To leave this place
You
The bed.