By J. Knipp
Submitted by sarahsehee
Date: 2002 May 09
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nightingale

"Nightingale"

Your mellifluous tones lay my eyelids low.
To that thankfully sought blackness.
I envision your creamy skin surrounding me
And what before that was two remains one.
That intoxicating scent waits at my threshold
Like a patient stream slowly eroding away
The subliminal and rushing me to the sublime.
You find me even in the darkness of my slumber
My most hallowed of retreats made more perfect
In your presence. So much so that I dread returning
To the bitter reality of time and tedium. I beg for
Timelessness, but more so I plead for you: your warmth
Your touch, your body coupled to mine in an irrevocable bond.
Yet my mind does what so wholeheartedly I wished to prevent,
As reality forces its way back into my scope I struggle to recall...
But Nirvana is routed banished by the cruel sun of wakefulness.