Return to Push

TO BE NEAR

Fall into bed .. baby monitor on the night table

It communicates the static of an innocent dream

My face drowns in the pillow

He snores into my ear

And holds me too tightly

Because he needs to be near

Restless but no sadness, how can one fall

Out of love .. when they never fell in?

It’s time for a round

Of deep heavy sighs and a frustrated tear

Familiar soundtrack of relationship excavation

That he refuses to hear

He holds on to her in his sleep, stealing covers

He advances with each move she takes away

His sleep habits mimic the day

In the dark its quite clear

He’s pushed her right to the edge

Because he needs to be near