The h2g2 Poem
Created | Updated Jul 10, 2003
Son Up, I Up
We wake
In purple half light
Warm, muffled in duvet
Sheet and half sleep
Your regular breath
Lightly dusts my shoulder
You raise your head,
I turn and hold you;
Our bodies fit perfectly
It's a miracle
I lie,
In purple half light
Warm, muffled in duvet
Sheet and half sleep
Savouring the peace
Before you tell me
Sun up, I up
And toodle off downstairs
'Jamas at half mast
Still clutching your teddy