By Briana Kassia
Date: 2008 Aug 02
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Sleepless

another late night
I crashed hard with you
b-i-l's birthday cheesecakes done and baking
leaving a lingering of vanilla
and oranges on my tongue
a creamsicle aftertaste
so sweet
and the soft deep sounds of sleeping you
soothing my fretted mind and aching body
I feel the way your breath
moves the hair at the nape of my neck
where you like to rest your lips
in a possessive kiss

then an hour later
kids kiss me goodnight
cheesecake cooling on the sideboard
I'm awake again
wanting you
wishing to
feel your breath again
one arm tightening around me
the other my pillow
feeling you and
knowing I'm
safe