Watching You Sleep

I watch you in your peaceful sleep
Dreaming a dream, something sweet

The smile on your face leaves no doubt
This is something you are happy about

A sigh, a whisper and then a grin
It is as if you’re giving in

I wonder what your dream really is 
What is your wish and where does it live

I pray to learn to live like you
And then I find I already do

As you turn toward me onto your side
You reach out for me, I melt inside

I never knew such happiness until now
I seemed to doubt your love somehow

As you speak my name soft and low
It’s me you dream of, please don’t let me go.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 3/14/2009 9:08:00 PM
This is lovely Lena! Superb couplet construction and rhyming... well done! Best wishes, Keith
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Date: 2/27/2009 12:33:00 PM
This is truely beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes, I have felt exactly the same ,thankyou for your comments on my poem Lena x
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Date: 2/17/2009 7:40:00 PM
Lena, how wonderful to find he was dreaming of you all along. You have a gift for telling a story while painting images and expressing emotions at the same time. I have a similar work, "Unicorn," in which I am watching a sleeper. Dreams are great hosts for poetic analysis, aren't they? Best wishes, Carolyn
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Date: 2/16/2009 10:24:00 AM
"Beautiful Lena, As Love Should Be!!!"~This was so soft, peaceful and gentle~and it flowed so very well....that would be a sign of a good writer I would say!!! And I too, hope and pray, that this wonderful love your life, shall forever be there within your world!!!~I truly loved the beauty of this gentle loved filled write write very much!!!~"Blessings & Warmth To You & All You Love Alwys Dear Lady, John!":)
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Date: 2/15/2009 4:13:00 AM
Such a beutiful poem, i could'nt do better my self.
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