Sweetnesses

let me lay on your arm

waking and bleary under masses 

of sheets and blankets up to our chins.

frost at the window ant the warmth of you near.

my face...inches from your face...

let your eyes stay closed as i study you

in the late morning light.

and have the image of your angel face 

to keep forever.

let me remember always

each eyelash, each perfect imperfection,

each breath.

and let me remain on your arm...

just each morning from here to eternity.

let me lay there. let me wake there.

let me live there. let me die there.

2003