I want to close my eyes and sleep forever

In my dreams where you live

Melancholy heart

Reaching out for love

Reaching out for the

Precious partner

Whose heart beats match my own

The staccato drum

The rumbling cadence

In tune, in time

Beat, beat, beat

My breathing to still

An empty sigh

A last gasp

As I sink into your memory

Lose myself in your tenor

Or the tender tenure of your arms

Thud, thud, thud

As those tears that never fall

Sting at my lashes and

The ache in my

Melancholy heart

Never enough to make you real

Never enough to set me free or

To let me sleep

Forever in your embrace