I Need You in the Morning

I need you in the morning When I wake, one eye opening, Shutting quickly because the room darkening shades Are no match for the fierceness…

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I need you in the morning
When I wake, one eye opening,
Shutting quickly because the room darkening shades
Are no match for the fierceness of this day
I stretch out one arm, 
Reaching, 
And find nothing but another pillow
Cold to the touch
And an empty space
That I sometimes think still holds your shape
Like a memory imprinted here