the new wife

you find when you
awaken that the door
is open, the windows
too, but no one has
entered and no one
has left, everything
is just as it was
before you went up
the stairs and fell
asleep in your bed.
you think about trying
it again the next
night and the next,
hoping that soon
this will all change,
that she will arrive
and you will find
her asleep next to you,
her clothes in the
closet, her shoes
beneath the bed, her
hand resting on your
shoulder.