Our First Full Week Together

One of our first conversations
was about falling asleep at night
post-losing-a-spouse.
The trouble of it.
The lack of a cure.  

It was nice, though,
to know someone else
was up at midnight. 

During our first full week together
we started three movies
and two different TV series
without finishing a single one
because
we were so excited
to be on the same couch
because
you wanted to see my expression
and I wanted to hear your laugh
at that one scene
because
you kept falling asleep
because
suddenly you could.