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As I lay Sleeping

from Make a List by Tanya Davis

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is this about sex? or love?
I can't tell..

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as i lay sleeping

i'm sleeping by myself right now
have nobody else to welcome me into bed or kick me out
on whom to lay my head or wrap my arms around
and this gets lonely

if only i had someone to hold me
i woudl give myself to them wholly
and they could console me if i needed that and in their embrace enfold me
but, as it is i go to bed alone, wake up lonely

and in between this my breath does not mix with that of any other soul
my hands clutch the pillow and my toes are cold
wind blowing out windows
and this is how my night goes

and i might recall a lover i once had with me underneath the covers
and how she felt and how we held each other
but i won't reminisce too long
else i bring nostalgia on and then i would be too far gone for plesant dreams

just lie there sad and empty while i am trying to be glad and not resent things
like this place in my head
this space in my bed
that is ready for somebody to take residence in

~~~ and i am hesitant
to share my head again
my heart and all its sentiments
~~~ but i would love to share my bed again
the air that i am breathing
as i lay sleeping

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from Make a List, released May 19, 2006

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Tanya Davis Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island

Tanya Davis is a writer and artist living on Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. She writes poems, songs, monologues, speeches, and other things.

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