Asleep

When you fell asleep and forgot to hush the light Your being radiated pure beauty, your essence in calm repose When you were asleep, your full hair flooded the pillows Adding gracious wildness to a beauty unequalled When you were asleep leaving me to ponder your innocence Behold, an angelic child was born and a life renewed When you fell asleep the flowers awakened, unveiling your purity Every part of your torso, a feast of visual delights When you were asleep your fragrances imbued my being With divine perfumes that I inhaled down to my core When you fell asleep, mountains moved, inviting us to scale their heights Floating royally in states of suspended timelessness In your sleep, your heart was wide open Eyes gently closed When you were asleep the music of love hits crescendo Calling me to dance, holding your being, aloft with the dancing stars Enveloping my being wishing you stayed asleep When you were asleep the soft music of your breathing enraptured Releasing a fragrance uniquely yours When you were asleep your slumber proclaimed a tenderness As the symphonies of the crickets rang When you were asleep you granted me the freedom of Admiring the work of art in my presence When you wake up, I will sing you tales of your slumber Knowing that love will remain, with you asleep or wide awake © Alwi Shatry, All Rights Reserved