I would like to watch you sleeping
But for that to happen, you’d have to let me in
Let me into your life, learn to trust
Have me near indefinitely –
I’ve been lonely for too long
I would like to sleep with you
A smooth dark wave drifting over us
My toes on your heels, my arm
Over your hip, your hair – in my face
I’ve been sleeping alone, on a hard bed
Staring at poverty, nobody stares back at me
I would like to watch you sleeping
On those days I stay up, thanking
Someone out there, for keeping you here
Because I fear the watery sun of abandonment
Every month you stay, is a silver star
In my heart getting stronger, more alive
But there are no promises, when you make
Somebody else the center of your dream
I would like to watch you sleeping
But right now, you are sleeping with somebody else.
Wuji Seshat 