Sleep Poem II

when you sleep

you sleep in my humming

radio ambience

this layer of atmosphere

that hovers above every skin

you sleep inside of it

that’s why you reach for me

with your eyes closed

you talk to me

without knowing if I’m awake

you face me then face away

but you keep our line

alive with a foot on my knee

you twitch because you’re tuning

into sleep channels

you make sounds like cats

watching birds behind glass

and I look at you

and I want everything for you

and I’m awake for both of us

I can see the sleep already

leaving crap in your eyes

which you’ll be slow to remove

so when I stroke your face

I know you feel it

it’s just a little darker

that’s all sleep is

it’s together with the lights out