dream you closer

friday 3rd august @ 11:26 p.m.

my limbs tingle with sleep. my nights are shorter than i desire.

my heart draws blood through my soul, muscles twitch at the thought of you. my skin is cold.

but you can warm me. you curl into my side as i rest. i drift to sleep to the sound of your words. they trigger my dreams of you. where you calm my aching mind and soothe my restless emotion.

i wrap my arms around you, to protect us both from the war we lie in. you kiss my shoulders and hear my pulse as my rhythm slows to meet yours.

i absorb your heat and pull closer under your touch. your breathing sucks me deeper til i sleep.

without you here.