wakeful dreams

today you are here
and so am i! together, we
are here together today
and your hand has found
all its five fingers on the
dip in my side the cinch
of my waist the spot
where i ache in my sleep
and slipping into wakefulness
you mumble with closed
eyes, do i want coffee? i smile
my eyes still closed back--
i have never once in my life refused
caffeine and we stretch legs feet
tip off the foot of the bed eyes open
you are here and so am i! waking up
when we are both here and soon
we will drink coffee in bed joking
about how unfunny we are, laughing
only at only our own jokes, and
despite the buzz in my brain i'll rest
my head on your arm, the curve
of your shoulder will fit into the
bend in my neck as one lock
of hair falls from my ear, catches
my nose. the sunlight
stripes square shadows through
the windowpane it's a spring day,
summer seeps
through windows with every passing hour
spilling pent up yellow sunshine onto
winter's white canvas. i love the sunshine,
the way light splatters from my eyelashes,
fuzzies my vision, the way it feels on
my face the way it stirs me in the morning,
fluttering lids, waking smile.
soon the sunshine
will stir me with a flood of yellow rays, liquid
laughter tipped over, finding its way to the spot
where your hand used to be, that achy aching spot.
i will be here, dreaming of
dressing in florals for the sunshine
and in the morning when i wake you will be
far away--a typeface,
frozen pixels, a breaking voice--jumping
ahead, still here, lying in
bed, eyes closed, skin warm of sleep,
and you are here too with me, together,
seemingly asleep.

DLS