Surrender
Lying very still
Waiting for sleep
To find
me.
Hidden among
Blanket and pillows
Hardly daring
To breathe,
I
feel myself
Slipping into
Her languid embrace.
The gentle tug
of the
moon
Urges me
To surrender.
A lonely tear
Slides silently
Down my
cheek
As I give myself up
To the darkness
Of her arms
Knowing that
you
Are holding another.