Unconscious Love

She sleeps naked
Non-defensive
Implacable
Undisturbed.

I awake
In the middle
Of the night
The covers pushed off
And her skin
The hue
Of unstained marble
With its inclusions
And ancient wisdom
Sustains my breathing.

I reach
for her
And even
In her sleep
She pulls
Me close
and cuddles in
And spreads
Her cherishing
Humanity
To receive me.

And in our unwoken
Luminesence
The twilight
Taste of her skin
The breaking horizon
Of her climax
The fading night
Of her acceptance
She loves me
Even when
She's sleeping.

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