let’s sleep inside each other tonight
so no dust settles between a separate us
encouraging yesterday’s invasive roots to
grow further down the middle of our bed
let’s sleep inside each other tonight
so no seeds fall from the air,
carried by tomorrow’s
expectations floating around
you and floating around me
so no weeds burrow out a home for themselves
in earth that only one of us tends to
let’s sleep inside each other tonight
I’ll dig out a nest to cosy into
someplace warm
and we’ll wake up in the morning
one symbiotic organism
surrounded by shrubs
dirt scattered on our bedsheets
adorned with thick vines, wiry grasses and mighty leaves
not even swaying as we stir
the flowers will make a home for themselves in our home
and I’ll make a home for myself in you
