From Dusk to Dawn

I wake up silently sweating

reeling under the heavy thud of my heart.

My hair in all its wild abandon

wants to calm down.

I look for a hand near me.

I find the hand comforting.

I love the hand again and again,

a soft caress from time to time.

I know, I will sleep now

for I am safe in your arms.

I seek refuge in everything that you are.

I feel like a child

And I feel no shame

that indeed, I am one.

He softly turns towards me

as I melt under his arms

I know he loves me,

the essence running down my spine

from the brain to those tiny toes

that make my tiny frame.

I smile, at once all knowing

I am safe now.

My dreams fade away to oblivion.