Where art my lover, Sleep?

Where art my lover, Sleep? Hath she abandoned me for another’s bed? Whilst I lay here cold and alone Longing for her warm embrace? For no other can fill her place beside me None such mere a person Can bring the joy and fear That my dearest love Doth fill me with whilst we lay at night The unspoken desires of my mind Unravel in the darkened hours Upon which she weaves her web And the fears which haunt me Ferment into a fruitful bloom Upon which envelope me in a cold sweat That racks my body with a tremulous terror Yet how can I escape my one so dear The one that holds me close at night As she whispers things of fantasy And drags me into their reality I pray that she returneth soon For her absence leaves me restless Seeking out my loving dear So that she'd might whisper by my ear, once more