Between The Sheets

So much more than sleep itself!

As  a child

I often sought

the comfort

of the blanket

over my head

to ward off

the shadow creatures

that stalked

the nights.

 

Throughout

my lifetime

that refuge

has remained

a safe haven.

A place to slip

into the numbing

medium of sleep,

if ill

or troubled.

 

And indeed

there has been

no just sleep

as fulfilling

as the sleep

just after.

When two people

have given their all,

skin to skin

until exhausted

and deeply sated

then fallen

into a warm

sweat-soaked tangle

of Egyptian cotton

for the most

serene and sensual

slumber.

 

24/06/19

 

Author's Note

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

sleeping like spoons after partaking of gentle lovemaking...just feeling that closeness...
really like this piece...
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

That too Jacob. The simplicity of contentment and closeness. Many thanks.

[Chris Shaw]

A fine piece of free verse. You took me to different places and I am thankful for that. Good morning John.

Chris

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you so much Chris, glad it took you places. Nice ones I hope and not the night spectres!

[Chris Shaw]

You took me back to Mum and Dad. I am always happy for that :))