Stay Until I Fall Asleep Poem

I am afraid to fall asleep without you holding me in your arms

For I don’t want to have a dreamless night

Knowing you have left my side when dusk settles in

Or feel the cold that hovers at night in your absence

I don’t want to know a sorrowful night

So you must stay until I fall asleep

I am used to your scent next to me when I go to bed

It is a comforting aroma that puts me in a peaceful trance

You are a bouquet of comfort

That I need beside me before sleep takes over my consciousness

Being together with you gives me contentment

It was all enough that my pillow was your reassuring chest

You have to stay until I fall asleep

When dawn comes and you are not there with me

Anxiety starts to build and I panic that I am alone

My senses begin to wander into a dread I wish not to have

Surviving the night without you is not an option I want

Twilight brings with it its own sense of loneliness

With you I look forward to that nightfall that becomes serene

Because I am restful in your unquenchable masculinity

Stay until I fall asleep

Because

That is the only way I know how to fall asleep without worry