new bed

vast
squishy
soft

without you
I spread out
sleeping sideways
occasionally
layer blankets
adding warmth
arrange pillows
on your side

and sometimes
I look up
thinking of you
somewhere

there
or perhaps
there

never
however
here again
beside

Comments

  1. Martin ShoneOctober 19, 2011 6:06 AM

    What a delight there is in this new bed and you make it so warm and delicious where alarm clocks intrude at their peril, then comes the pathos - thoughts of pillows taking up the space keeping touch with memories.

    Wonderful.

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