I need to lay down,
stay, next to you.
Brush the curls
away from your eyes,
in warm dark air.
no words and no bites.
I only need you to lay
tangled in sheets
and tell the time
to unwind slower. now.
stay still,
live fully.
And seize the night
till mossy green light
cuts the morning sky open,
to let the time run.
But for now...

no words and no bites.