Title: The Man Sleeping There

Author: Eve Karma

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own them, I just use them.

Spoilers: None

Other: Just a little poem I wrote late one night. It's obviously Josh and Donna pairing, but it could be others.




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She turns the knobs a little more

and the water heats up,

turning her skin from alabaster white

to pink.



She lets the water sting and burn.

She's trying to bring herself back to reality.

She runs her hands over her hair,

rinsing and re-rinsing,

trying to wash away

all of her emotions from the past

few days.



She shuts off the water

and stands there,

watching the steam curl around her

like whispers in

the night.



She wraps herself up in her robe

as if hiding from some kind of invisible guilt,

and she rubs a towel on her hair to dry it,

squeezing her eyes shut and wondering

if she cares enough to

risk everything.



She opens the door and creeps

through her bedroom,

pausing next to the bed

just long enough

to pull a blanket over

the shoulders of

the man sleeping there.