As You Sleep
There is a certain quiet in watching you sleep
That’s not unlike the flow
Of observing a river's movement,
As it slowly bends its way down
Past morass and ferns on the coast
To somewhere new and heretofore unknown--
The current, steady rhytmn of your breath
Circles through an unconscious world,
Bringing you respite from any troubled ridge
And pulling you down to a route of dreams
Where I like to feel you,
Clear as a rippling water
Gushing ever gently into me--
And how your eyes quiver , still
Your heave bidding me closer
Like the river beckons the thirsty to drink :
Would that I could drink your calmness
So you really did glide through me
Quench me
And bestow on me your innate joy.
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Impact and Metaphors Contest of William Kekaula
~ spelling of 'unconscious' corrected... bad internet
9/27/2020
Copyright © Nette Onclaud | Year Posted 2020
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