Her husband's breath breaks heavily Over her face beaching in upon her He is asleep She has not found it easy To accommodate his shape In the hallway lines of soiled clothes Trace the contours of the last fight with the children Before they let her drop But now, just now she can still ease out, ease out into sleep
To a circle of moonlight where she moves alone She wills herself still and tight It is no use each minute Drums with the wrong silence, the wrong noise On the rigid tendons of her own unease But now, just now she can still ease out, ease out into sleep To a circle of moonlight where she moves alone