In your arms

Lying next to you in the comfort of your warmth

enveloped by your arms

safe from any harm

skin to skin we rest

my head upon your chest

I savour the feeling of closeness

I feel your kiss upon my head

it tells me more than words said

I snuggle in closer

but never close enough

the feeling of your touch I love

I love to hear the beating of your heart

the sound of a steady drum in the dark

The thud, thud thud sends me to sleep

I hear it even in my dreams

It stays my fears and nightmares cease

It eases, soothes and brings only peace

The morning dawns and reluctantly I move

to greet the day anew

I love the way your arms tighten around me

It seems neither want to leave

I love your last little hug

the one you give before you get up

and admit defeat to the morning and stretch

and leave the bed