How do you sleep so well
next to me
in the night when I am restless
when my legs kick and I roll
like a lost rock on the mountainside
I am lost forever
I am lost and locked in emptiness
in slumberless space.

How do you sleep so well
next to me
in these times there is bombing outside
someone left the television on
and my mind will not stop
turning off the reality of where we are
where we are headed
we are headed for fallout shelters
just don't leave me behind.

How do you sleep so well
next to me
my love
when I stare at you so silently laying there
wishing you would wake
wishing you would take my breast in your hand
take my mouth in yours
and share this restlessness with me
as we share everything else.