Friday, May 14, 2021

We Napped

It doesn't happen very often, but once in a while, my boyfriend faces facts and admits that even though it's the middle of the day, he would benefit greatly from just lying down and getting a smidgen of rest.

Today, I joined him.

There's not much room to wax eloquent about a nap. When good, they're cozy. When bad, they just leave your head feeling even fuller of furze and gorse than before you lay down.

But a mutual nap, that's something.

Cozy. Serene. Idyllic.

Arms draped to perfection.

A shift and a touch, the evenness of your partner's breathing.

If lucky, dreams informed by the intimacy of contact.

Today's nap had all of that. It ranked quite high on my list of favorite naps.

Then we woke up and ... ahem.

No comments:

Post a Comment

There Are No Words

We can try, those of us inclined to fits of textual ambition, to capture in the coils of syntax that most potent and refined essence of the ...