My Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty

Another day has come and gone.
The moon is in full view.
I lie in bed and marvel at
The beauty that is you.

I touch your cheek with gentle hand,
Smile as my fingertips
Trail slowly down to rest upon
The fullness of your lips.

Angelic in repose you are.
Your face sets off a glow
That only lovers who can give
Their all will ever know.

Your eyes, your ears, your nose, your lips
Your cheeks, your brow, your hair
Combine to make a masterpiece
I find beyond compare.

Although your face in stillness lay
I see it as you smile
I see it as you face the day
In your own pixie style.

I see it as you frown at all
Injustice you may find
I see it take angelic tones
When you're just being kind.

I see it as the teardrops fell
When sadness came to call
I see it pensive, lost in thought,
I see it rise and fall.

I think back to the golden days
I thought would never pass
When fingers slid down silky skin
Instead of hardened glass.

Our lives were filled with memories
Impossible to keep.
I gently lay your picture down
And cry myself to sleep.

To Janis