Softly by my side you sleep. <br />The love I feel, so real. <br /> <br />I can still taste your flavor <br />as my fingers travel <br />the highways woven in your face <br />~~ not to awaken, <br />just to etch them in my mind. <br /> <br />I breathe you in, <br />the him-scent stamped <br />to memory, <br />and my skin still tingles <br />where we loved. <br /> <br />The hands I love <br />twitch in silent dream direction, <br />and I wonder <br />if I'm in there with you <br />behind your fluttering lids. <br /> <br />My own eyes close. <br />Softly by my side, <br />now softly in my mind, <br />you sleep.<br /><br />C.J. Heck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-watch-as-you-sleep/
