Beside me in my arms

I kiss you as you lay there
beside me, not a word spoken
in the silence of our being,
you sleep quietly in my arms.

I touch you, your face turns
to face me, I feel your lips
touch mine as you lay beside me,
eyes closed in the stillness of the night.

I see you, now you have gone
as quickly as you had appeared
beside me as I woke to greet you,
the winter sun shone in brightly.

Beside me you came and went
yet still are with me in my heart.
the sails are raised in readiness
for the wind to carry you home.

I can feel you saying to me, Faith
will lead us on to peaceful union
my body, beside you in my arms
bumping gently, the waves of love.