Fear

Your incandescent fire
The concord in your voice
The power of your life
The ache for more
The desire for all

I fear
You will awake
Realise
I am less
Than your very breath
Realise
The taste of me
Is simply
Your taste for life.

And then
Drift away
Never again
To feel
Deep peace
Of your presence,
Never to know
You lying there
Beside me
Sharing our dreams


{My thanks to Ruinn whose poem lead to this as originally a simple reply to her}