Sleep

I watch you sleeping,

The pale moonlight shines upon your face,

You sigh softly,

Held tight within Morpheus' embrace.

There's a smile upon your lips,

Soft and gentle to behold,

In a land so far away,

A place whose mysteries I cannot unfold.

You look so peaceful,

Lying there so snug and warm,

So near and yet so far away,

An angel in human form.

I watch you slumber on,

And if only you knew,

How much I wanted you to open your eyes,

Just so I could tell you how much I love you.

Never Again

The last few drops dribbled down my chin,

I could have saved them for tomorrow,

But instead I just gave in,

And added the final fuel to my sorrow.

My head swims in restless sleep,

My body aches from the cold,

Into the abyss I'm falling deep,

As the addiction takes its final hold.

I wake up shaking,

Frightened and ashamed,

In a horror of my own making,

And I say to myself, 'never again.'

Unconditional

I open the door,

She looks up at me with big brown eyes.

I reach down and stroke her head,

She wipes a wet nose on my hand.

I tickle her belly,

She asks for nothing more.

I keep her company,

She stops me from being alone.

I could never leave her,

She would never let me go.