Love Won’t Let Me Sleep
(Day 1 without you)
It’s 10:38 p.m.
And I am heavy.
Heavy like my father’s hand
On my shoulder,
Heavy like gravity,
Heavy like the mistakes I’ve
Made, heavy like the apologies.
Heavy like the warmth of
This room and the sweat
Of my breast,
Heavy like my memory of you,
Heavy like our love,
In which I can’t sleep tonight,
Or alone.
Love Won’t Let Me Sleep, is a poem from Everkesia’s book, What Happens When the Music Stops?
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