When I Can't Sleep

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Angeline
Angeline
86 Followers

I understand everything:
the edgy curve of your back,
unsettled legs tucked too neat
for slumber and worry times
breath equals tension

squared in our tiny room,
the blue oasis. We dream
an isle of safety in this
sea of ice. Uncertainty

is nothing to insomniac
hearts attended by stolid pines,
the brightening sapphire sky
and keytaps that comfort

you. Every space you occupy,
even the gaps of absence
are filled: your scent,
the dip in a pillow, your watch
draped with my necklace.

I can't explain the depth
of this falling nor measure
the radius of its secrets,
only fit locked within it,
one piece of the puzzle,
a fleck in the pupil
of your restless eye.

Angeline
Angeline
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10 Comments
PandoraGlittersPandoraGlittersover 11 years ago
Best of the first page

or so says I

WickedEveWickedEveabout 18 years ago
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Sorry to just now be commenting. I totally missed this poem, Ange.

I agree about gaps of absence.

Maybe a line break between gaps and of?

f-cynyrf-cynyrabout 18 years ago
i enjoyed this poem

some excellent lines. 'gaps of absence' is ,just stunning. very powerful image.

My Erotic TrailMy Erotic Trailabout 18 years ago
excellent poetry

a paramount poem that reaches the soul where fingers can not go. excellent poem grasshopper

bogusbrigbogusbrigabout 18 years ago
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Beautiful.

The only thing that jarred with me a little was 'gap of absence'. For some reason I can't quite put my finger on it doesn't seem right. A small thing in a really good read.

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