How many nights, us, in bed
Affirming the far away vows we made
Embracing one another, naked
Or sometimes back-to-back and distant
The days’ problems spill into bed
And we talk late into a sleepless night
Or try to sex our way through them
Sometimes alone in bed
The other in New Orleans or the couch
The children were our guests
Until they fell asleep on the pillows
Or when they sat on bed’s edge at midnight
Crying in teen drama, hurting
In the bed we know that love
Loyalty, patience and respect
Lay there with us every night
The dream we share, one night
To fall into our final sleep together
Snuggling into death
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