Pillow

When I lie down to slumber
I clutch my pillow like a teddy
For no one's around to cuddle with

And when I awake, I still cuddle
Wishing, though, that it was you
That I was holding and hugging

For a pillow is full of feathers
Not full of love
And not as cuddly as you

And, most importanly in cuddling
A pillow doesn't hug back...
You do!

~Joseph M. Barat © Copyright 1999 by Devyn