Couple

There is some spare
Sky left
Behind her eyes
If I reach far enough
I can touch it
As she lies awake
In the middle of the night
It is strange
How she does not
Move
Blink
Breathe
As I watch her
I try to stay
But am always
The first to fall
The sky inside her
Is brilliant
A scarlet burn
Possibility
Hope
I wish for her
To take me there
Maybe that is why I wait
In the hope
That she
Might
The cold breath of morning reminds
Me that I am useless
Spare part
Sore thumb
Below expectation
Above disappointment
My hands explore every bit of her
A caress
Learnt
Gentle as I can be
Under her body
It dawns like scarlet
Every time
Strikes me hard
The certainty of it
Us
How her presence and absence
Saves me
Why we have become
A pair.