Please

please don't leave,
i wanna wake up with you,
and snuggle while the sun rises,
reminisce and smile about the night before,
hide our morning breath with closed kisses.
i wanna whine when you get up for work,
pull you back into bed and beg for just
five
more
minutes.

please stay with me.
i want to pretend it's night all over again,
make love in the morning's light,
so i can see your face, and you mine,
while the sun's rays peak off your chest,
and highlight your eyes.
leave the window open,
so breezes will intensify the chills you
already give me.

no, please don't go.
i wanna rest my head on your soft skin
and share our fears through tears,
while fighting my heavy eyes,
just to hear you drift off.
stretching, i'll feel you hogging the bed
and tugging at the way too small covers.

please, please, stay here.
i want to tell you the stories in my head
from the night's dreams and mares.
fall asleep as you stroke my stomach and hair,
feel your breath on my neck
and skin against mine.
your heart pounds with every inhale.
time pauses as
you
exhale.

i can't stand it when you leave.
it gets so lonely on your side of the bed.
i enclose myself in pillows
and pretend it's you i'm clinging to.
but i can't sleep missing you.
can't we just pretend
like there's no one else to please,
and we have eternity trapped in a box,
and time's all we've got...

please don't leave.
i wanna wake up with you.