Lie and fall

I don’t wish to touch you.
Seriously.
Just want to sleep next to you
and see you fall asleep.
But before you do so,
i’d tell you stories filled with funny yet wise characters.
They might make you laugh
— they certainly made me.
You can keep your eyes closed
while hmming every now and then.
To signal that the night ain’t over.
Being imperfect, it’d only get be…