A Poem for a Monday

Monday, February 13, 2012

                                                                                        Nightsong
                                                                                        Philip Booth

   Beside you,
   lying down at dark,
   my waking fits your sleep.

   Your turning
   flares the slow-banked fire
   between our mingled feet,

   and there,
   curved close and warm
   against the nape of love,

   held there,
   who holds your dreaming
   shape, I matched my breathing

   to your breath;
   and sightless, keep my hand
   on your heart's breast, keep

   nightwatch
   on your sleep to prove
                                                                                        there is no dark, nor death.

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