Another restless night Of broken dreams And shattered sleep As I listen to your tranquil snores Studying your blanket sheltered form As it slightly shifts with each hoarse breath Frustrated I fling back the shadow darkened covers From my fatigued unadorned flesh To stalk in two furious steps To the concealed starlight framed windows And thrust aside an insignificant fragment Of the moon silhouetted curtains I gape through the murky windowpane To the silent flat across the car park Slowly raising my eyes skyward At these cold bleak southern stars Watching them throb with fragile distant warmth Straining to pierce this veil of winter I shiver as the bumps prickle across my body With the frosty air seeping through the glass I push the drapes back in position And crawl towards your sleepy bed Kneeling over you to tenderly sweep The plum coloured locks from your face And kiss good night your slightly opened lips