on waking

from Papaver Somniferum EP by Stranger Killings

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On Waking

Kiss me once after you wake
and once before you leave
I’ll fall right back to sleep
and stitch you in my dreams

there is sorrow on waking
and fear before sleeping
kiss me once when you wake
and once before leaving

when sleep cannot find me
I’m not where I should be
at your back
with a hand on your waist
and breathing the breath that you’re breathing

there is sorrow on waking
and fear before sleeping
the day shakes as it’s aching
tears on the cheek of the night as the stars are all weeping

the days become hungry
and I become famished
but I’m finished with eating
sleep only comes
with my hand on your hip
while I’m breathing the air that you’re breathing

save me my sorrow
and fear of the evening
just kiss me once when you wake
and once before leaving.

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from Papaver Somniferum EP, released March 4, 2016

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