Bedtime

You don't see what you do to me when you stare at me with your soft brown eyes You smile & I can only appreciate those beautiful dimples-- How perfect your genetic imperfection is I lay beside you, longing for your embrace and when I'm in your arms, I hold still as if, for a moment, I could stop time Just to feel you close to me A kiss goodnight I hold your hand, you hold mine You're fast asleep & in this quiet peace I find contentment... hearing soft exhalation, & an occasional snore feeling your breath on my neck, or a slight touch of you sweet lips on my back And when I rest my head upon your chest I hear your heart beating, with such a rhythm that I could listen to forever