While You Sleep

It's too late To be careful now You aped me As I ran to you I couldn't hear you When you looked at me And now you stand behind me When I speak to you You were childish All day long And at night you grow Before my eyes You are older now You dress yourself for bed You drown me in your sheets You choke my wicked mind You ferment me alive To preserve me from The specious child That wants to do us harm I could never allow The trust that you breathe To be betrayed While you sleep I lean away from damp air Into the folds you provide Your breath spills onto your pillow It drugs me What I'm thinking now How could I not mean it? So I will say it aloud While it's still true I won't do it again How could I? The way that you sleep How could I?