Sleeping together, yet being alone <br /> <br />This soliloquy has nothing to do with sex <br /> <br />It’s more ramblings, about cuddling, and just lying unconscious <br /> <br />And about intimacy, about sharing morning breath. <br /> <br />It’s about spooning, hugging, sharing the covers <br /> <br />And most of us have these nighttime pleasures to own <br /> <br />While many others, and I’m sure there are many <br /> <br />Are sleeping together, yet being alone. <br /> <br />Sleeping together is a thing based in the primeval <br /> <br />In the litter, in the nest, in the pack <br /> <br />The piling upon, over and under and among <br /> <br />One’s brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers <br /> <br />All sleeping together, never alone or lonely. <br /> <br />At any time 'lonely' can start and grow like a cancer <br /> <br />So nestle up, cling tightly, so you’ll never be <br /> <br />Sleeping together, yet being alone<br /><br />David Whalen<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sleeping-together-3/
