By dragonfleyes
Date: 2001 Jul 02
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[[2001.07.02.16.42.16628]]

barren skin

i was lying in bed this morning, after you had left it
i moved over and encompassed the nested space
feeling the sweet release of languid limbs
and the soft sigh of comfort to cuddle up with your pillow
then i looked over at you through the doorway
with the light and fan above your head
you bent earnestly over the mornings news
spoon hovering inches from your mouth
and my body felt suddenly empty
that this pillow close to me wasn't you
and the blanket keeping me warm wasn't the radiating heat
from your body
and the soft sound of the fan
wasn't your gentle breathing in my ear
and i realized how my nights could pass so quickly
when my body spends its time next to you