Woke up in the night
Feeling alone
Again
Despite some body’s elbow
Or knee
In my back
So many times
You held me
With just
Conversation and laughter
Finally
Something inside me
Woke from dreaming
Memory full of
Your arms
Broke open
Pandora’s box
Exhausting myself
From wrapping
The idea of you
Around me
Like a blanket
It isn’t sensible
To lose sleep
Like this
Raising energy
When I should be at rest
Still
Can’t bring
Myself
To let this thought of you
Go
Daydreams
Rehearsing
What it might be like
To feel you
Near me
Now
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