I’m only a step away from your door

And I love your presence even more

when you’re soft and close against me

I’m aware of every breath and every heart beat

and I know when I’m cold and beaten down

when I know you’re not around

I’ll be thinking of you now

thinking of the sheets strewn on the floor

Haphazard tea cups

watching you kneel on the shore

I know I’ll find you at the sea

if ever you stray away from me

until then I keep a gentle watchful eye

mindless as time goes by

until sleep looms around the corner

and something pulls me from you again

and I have to leave and shut the door

but I know it’ll make me grateful for the moment

I re-learn your soft warmth once more