Thick Skin

Sometimes I wake in the middle of the night To find that the light has kissed your face I work to focus my eyes To see your hand draped over your chest My eyes are heavy with tiredness But I would let them burn before I missed a moment of this The peace that lays itself over you like a blanket Whether the warmth of your bed or the comfort of having me there - I won't dispute it The moon is hidden behind cloud cover But the apartment glows From the echoes Of a near but distant city That you have grown to love and I too For it brought you to me Like a bird set free And it is unbearable now to imagine it without you in it The bars do not buzz with the same energy The music does not urge me to dance My eyes do not search for yours looking back at me And it is sad to think that the city will live on Even when you are not here Because to me, you are the heart of everything Maybe I am just tired Or maybe I am already missing what I won't have The nights spent l...

I have fallen in love with the way the silence of the morning fades into the day With the persistent drip of the coffee And the rustling of your shirt sliding down your back The softness of your skin complemented by the softness of the morning Your black t-shirt contrasting the bright light That hurts my blue eyes and my eyelids could weigh a thousand pounds And I would still fight to keep them open So I could see you again I love that even when you are up before me You will pull back the sheets And curl up beside me Press your body into mine And take the steady inhaled breath Followed by the slow release, the comforting sigh of love That eases its way across your lips And I have never felt this much love In the subtle touch When you pass by me, when your fingers graze my hand The glances from across the room, that challenge my will to stand My knees are often weak each time you look at me So I love the mornings When I don't have to stand When you are warm a...