Sleep
Watching you sleep
Is like a miracle
Unfolding only an arms length away.
Your dark figure
Illuminated in the night
By the pale moonbeams
Streaming through the closed window.
I sigh deeply, but silently,
Reaching out to brush
Your innocent cheek.
I restrain, biting my lip,
Unwilling to disturb
Your peace.
The look of
Absolute serenity,
Laying itself across your face,
Touches my heart.
I want to cry,
Mourning what I want,
Even need,
But can never have.
Inside I burn,
Longing for your touch,
Your love.
The smile you flash
At girls passing by.
The one never shown
To me.
As night goes on,
You sleep deep
And peacefully,
As I toss and turn,
Madly in love.
- Ren Tao