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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/880290-sleeping-without-you
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by Rhyssa Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 18+ · Book · Contest Entry · #2081410
my entries for the Construct Cup
#880290 added April 25, 2016 at 2:15am
Restrictions: None
sleeping without you
they took the rest of you
away from me,
buried it deep
and thought I had lost.
they were wrong.
the memory of you
surrounds me
a constant wisp of color
at the edge of sight, a subtle
tune that pulls
at my ears until
I can’t move
without you.

the echo of you
wakes me, the constant
beeping of the monitors
has filled our home
for so long that I hear it still and
rise to search you out,
but true glimpses
escape me.

I haven’t touched
our bed. for too long
it was your prison
and I, the warden
of your comfort and health
regulated myself
to catnaps
and a sterilized mask.
I feel naked without it now,
as I sit and watch
your empty bed.
as soon as I turn away,
I feel you there.

at night, when I
close my eyes,
the essence of you
lingers near
and I see you, bending
to kiss my forehead
as I have kissed yours.
I can feel
the pressure of your lips
smell a hint
of your perfume,
wafting down the hall.

please, come a little closer.
let me touch you once again.

line count: 48

Prompt for: April 24, 2016

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