Turn the lights off
hit the perfect mess of a bed
creases and folds perfectly untouched from the night before
grab that favourite smelly pillow of yours
make sure no one's looking

unearth the secret smile

and for one moment every night
one brief glimmer of a moment

make believe it is of her embrace
minus the arms
without the lets
just your arms
to a limbless carcass
clinging to a life you once led

warm up that silly grin
like little footnotes of a time once loved.

and for that one moment
of the minute multitude of the entire day,

sleep soundly.