I thought whilst you slept: Update

https://www.lockdownlovestories.com/stories/i-thought-whilst-we-slept?rq=whilst

I penned this poem (above), which I curled up and hid within an Cadbury's Easter Egg for him to find, in a very makeshift, flat confined, easter egg hunt just a month into lockdown. I remember submitting it this site, still giddy over the awareness that I was probably falling in love after a long 10 years of navigating (battling) single life. At the time it felt impossible and frightening that something so good was finally within my grasp. The elation of what I'd found was almost outweighed by the fear of losing it all. The way I fell in love with him was like jumping straight into the deep end.

Now, we're married. I'm not frightened any more, but he still falls asleep far more easily than I. When I hear his breathing change I am reminded of these words I once wrote - happy that so much of what I'd noted then, we still do now.