FREE VERSE Poem: Realization, by Nma Dhahir

A still, moonless night
I lay my head down on your chest,
And listen to your heartbeat,
Slow

And your breath steady
As you drift away
A moment of sleep
Then, out of nowhere
You flinch, awake
And hold on to me.

When I ask you if you’re okay,

You nod your head
and tell me you felt like
You were falling
Asleep!

And the only thing I can think of
while looking into
these dangerously deep eyes
Is the inescapable feeling that
I am falling too!