Softly by my side you sleep.
The love I feel, so real.

I can still taste your flavor
as my fingers travel
the highways woven in your face
~~ not to awaken,
just to etch them in my mind.

I breathe you in,
the him-scent stamped
to memory,
and my skin still tingles
where we loved.

The hands I love
twitch in silent dream direction,
and I wonder
if I'm in there with you
behind your fluttering lids.

My own eyes close.
Softly by my side,
now softly in my mind,
you sleep.

C.J. Heck

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-watch-as-you-sleep/