Fireflies in the bedroom

Oh look at the two fireflies
   in our bedroom

One each rising above our
              beds
                                    How they hover
and give shape
              to the darkness we slip into

My heart fills
         with a glow
 as they circle about each other

Now they have
drifted apart
                       to the opposite                            
ends of the room                    One falls
                   as if into an abyss
                 when sucked in
                by the fan                
I feel a panic and reach out
           to touch you
                  Your body is still
                                You are leaping 
                        somewhere in the dark
worlds  of your         sleep.

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Salil Chaturvedi
salilwheels@gmail.com