The In-Between

My favorite place
is between asleep and awake.
Where you're just nodding off.
You're neither here nor there.
That place holds
so much potential.
Dreams become reality
and reality is just
a distant day dream.
My in between is always warm
and there's always a flush
to my cheeks.
In the rosy glow
of coming sleep
it is the safest
place I know.
Because the world
hasn't hit you yet
and the nightmares
have yet to come.