warm milk & other comforting things

it is two in the morning

and i am drenched in milk:

moonlight through linen

pale skin

white sheets

but the milk is warm

like someone slowly heated it

with the burner on low

for a child who cannot sleep

what is the difference

between a child

and a woman in her twenties?

a few years

and a bit of agency

but she still needs help to fall asleep