all that i am

and so as if sleep isn't fitful enough
a gentle brush with a familiar night time interloper

a little menage et trois (lovely red wine!?)
in the favorite corner of the sofa
after what will be a semester of long wednesdays and late dinners

cool evening air moist from evening's thundering rain
wisping thru drawn lace

the hum of the c-pap beside me

a quick alarm scan the first time of waking
12:45
I actually ughed outloud
not even...  out of this day!!?!?
let alone into the middle of the night

then at two o'clock
that familiar brown velvet swoop
like the breeze from opened windows
but felt only across the face

and there it is
a bat added into the middle of the night contention
hurriedly opening screens
pulling back curtains
hoping he'll find his way out

up close in the shadow of my strongest defender
who simply rolls over pulls the covers up tighter
his facial features protected by the breathing mask

intermittent
pausing
among bookshelves
resting on stacks of paper
gliding silently from the office to the tree house bedroom

somehow sleep and morning comes
and he is gone
phew!