Shall We Sleep

Shall we sleep
my love?
Fall into the hazy
palm of it
and feel its long
fingers wrap
around our flesh?
Shall we take
note of the shallow
indentations
its grip leaves
behind on our skin?
Shall we sleep
my love?
Become the quiet
sound in our ears
of our heartbeat
against the pillow?
Feel our breath
leave our lungs
and imagine it
stirring together
and dancing
above our heads?
Shall we sleep
my love?
Trade all the light
and fury of this
for all the color
and calm of that?
Curl together and
watch as our legs
become roots
that grow down from
this bed and plant
themselves into
the earth below?
Intertwine.
Shall we sleep
my love?

-Tyler Knott Gregson-