Uneasy

I startled awake eyes

flying wide open heart

pounding-panic- where am

I what time is it what

is happening where

do I need to be?

Room starless dark moon

less ebony inky night dripping

down the walls quiet

hushed so quiet even

refrigerator holds its breath ice

cubes frozen in place furnace

caught between hot

and cold blankets bunched at

my back so why

am I awake?

You would know why the sky is blue.

Too cozy in the covers burrowing

down into the downy billows flinging

my hand slyly to the side to

touch your hip and feel

the heat.

You aren't

there you are

gone you

are

gone.