Trying to fall asleep

by Chipzee

Posted to Poetry on 2004-06-27 08:09:00

Trying to fall asleep in my friends bed.

Roll over
Smell his scent
His body
Lays with his girlfriend
Where my body
Lays with itself

Float back to dreams
Where I think of her
And I
Will we feel the same?
Will she kiss me like she did when she
Returns?

Shift my head from the bottom left corner of the pillow to the center
I can smell him
His body
Lays with his girlfriend
Where my body
Lays with itself

Glide to a sunset
Where I find a job
Must find a job?
Don’t need money
Shutter myself awake

She calls
“What time is it?”
“1:30, I wanted to leave a message,”
We exchange words of love
And I retire to friends mattress

Where his body
Lays with his girlfriend
And my body
Lays with itself

If only she were here
To guide me to sleep
Susurrus in my ear






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