Watching you sleep.

Published on October 22, 2004 By dharmagrl In Personal Relationships

Sometimes I watch you sleep.

In the mornings, after the madness has departed and the air is still I stand in the doorway of our room and watch you.

Hand under pillow, in a tangle of arms and legs and sheet you lay, gently breathing. You look so.....calm. Unfettered. Distant.

I like you then the most. I think it's because it's the only time I ever see you be still. Even when you're awake and physically still, your head and mind are always charging away with you. When you're sleeping I see a cessation...a rest from all of that.

Sometimes too, I'll come and lay next to you. You don't wake, but somehow you know that I'm there and curl yourself around me...and I am always amazed at how well the curve of my back fits into the hollow of your belly.

It's then that I know, that I truly know, that I am home.

Comments

oleteach

on Oct 22, 2004

Great thoughts! Great blessings!

dharmagrl

on Oct 22, 2004

Thanks, Greywar's momma!

Texas Wahine

on Oct 22, 2004

Beautiful, dharma.

dharmagrl

on Oct 22, 2004

Thank-you, Tex.

It IS the time that I cherish the most...because we don't get to sleep in the same bed at the same time much anymore taking a nap together has become kind of a protected event!

chiprj

on Oct 23, 2004

Very nice. I'm on duty tonight and when I go home tomorrow morning, I know my wife will still be sleeping. I plan on cuddling up next to her without waking her and falling asleep with her in my arms.

There are times when I see my wife sleeping and my breath catches because of how beautiful she is.

DylanZimmerman

on Oct 23, 2004

This is so beautiful Dharma..I do this too with my boyfriend. Sometimes I think we don't look at the people we really love closely enough because we're too busy with all the craziness of life, but sleep gives us the chance to do that, to really appreciate them.

And thankyou so much for the comment on my last post, I was terrified hitting submit but somehow just putting it out there-even in the anonymity of the internet- I feel a little lighter maybe. Thankyou for being so understanding and I will look for the book you recommended too.

Dyl xxx

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 23, 2004

Holy CRAP!!! They're watching me sleep? Where's my damned antimaser beanie............

Spc Nobody Special

on Oct 23, 2004

Oh yeah, nice post by the way, now I'm gonna go cuddle up with my wife......

dharmagrl

on Oct 23, 2004

Dyl: you know, I understand more than you might think I do. That's all I'm going to say about that.

Chip: that's what D and I did this morning. He came to bed around 6am, and I woke up enough to feel him slide his arm around my waist and kiss the back of my neck...it's awesome. I liked what you said about your wife's beauty shining through when she sleeps. I do the same thing...I get a chance to study his face. I look at his jaw, at the whiskers that are bristling their way through his skin...at his physique, the way his muscles are defined. It's the only time I get to look at him like that without him getting uncomfortable and saying "what're you lookin' at me for?! Stop it!!"

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