April 29, 2014

Strangers on a Bed

We sleep like strangers.
Our backs facing each other.
Never searching for a warm spot.

As night spreads out in darkness, 
I hug your back tight...
Counting your heartbeats, 
and the snores that escape...

My nightmares return, 
And demons make love, 
And I hug them too...

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