Lines before falling asleep #36

i try to follow your leg

with the back of my hand through the sheets
my arm feels heavy

anchored

i am no longer thinking / my brain is dry

i try to dredge

something up to

say to you before i 

surrender 

i am going under

the backs of your fingers

press cool and firm against 

my moist forehead

i try

i am trying

when in bed this morning 

you had me doing
a cosmo quiz /  i learnt 

i respond to touch

better than words