Adapted from tweets dated 25th August 2014

Her breath lingers as she lies between the lonely sheets, awaiting the warmth of my caress and all that my athletic physique does possess. She rolls from her position on hearing my footsteps near her bedroom door. 

 A gentle sigh whispers the night’s secret tryst…a lovers’ bedroom retreat. 

She rests back against the pillows to greet my gaze… her heart always giving loving praise as she watches me pull my jacket from my form. Her eyes take in where her lips have adorned. She smiles slightly with purpose, watching as I unbuckle my belt, then as I slide down my breeches she leans forward to see where her inner warmth has felt. She gently reclines back against the pillows with a saintly smile and her heart…it melts. 

“Good evening,” 

 She smoothes a hand down the covers as her eyes alight for no other. 

“Are you coming to bed…?” 

 I watch your eyes as I peel off my clothing, a warm inner smile pervading my subdued expression. I nod a relaxed confirmation as I tug the sheet free and roll onto my side as I join her under the sheet. 

“…Have you had a good day?” murmurs contentedly. 

My eyes again take in the softness of her features and the inner beauty that warms my heart. I push away a stray lock of her hair as I smile with loving fulfilment into her innocent eyes. 

Uncertainty benumbs her smile, slowly moving back from where my hand stroked down that lone ringlet of hair. Her eyes shift from mine in despair, where it came from she does not know but a single tear rolls down, a shard of ice grazing her cheek. She moves back further from my faltering smile, her heart not registering for it has been a while. She rolls from my form to face the wall. Alone in her darkness is where her features fall. 

I take a deep breath, exhaling slowly into the vacuous void between us. Heavy hearted eyes extinguish the light of hope as I roll back to face my own demons alone. 

“…Goodnight…” 

 She quietly sobs into her pillow, her tears unseen though they keep me awake and with no arms to hold her she shakes. She yearns to reach back now and pull me into her loving embrace now thinking through that coldness she so unthoughtfully displayed 

I stare blindly ahead…just not knowing what to do…numb!