Sleeping beside you I dreamt <br />I woke beside you; <br />Waking beside you <br />I thought I was dreaming. <br /> <br />Have you ever slept beside an ocean? <br />Well yes, <br />It is like this. <br /> <br />The whole motion of landscapes, of oceans <br />Is within her. <br />She is <br />The innocence of any flesh sleeping, <br />So vulnerable <br />No protection is needed. <br /> <br />In such times <br />The heart opens, <br />Contains all there is, <br />There being no more than her. <br /> <br />In what country she is <br />I cannot tell. <br />But knowing – because there is love <br />And it blots out all demons – <br />She is safe, <br />I can turn, <br />Sleep well beside her. <br /> <br />Waking beside her I am dreaming. <br />Dreaming of such wakings <br />I am all love’s senses woken.<br /><br />Brian Patten<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-innocence-of-any-flesh-sleeping/
