A Slumbered Dream, A Waking Nightmare

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I had a dream,
Last night,
It was a little odd,
To say the least,
But it was significant non the less.

I saw her again,
She was happy,
Which,
In turn,
Made me happy,
I tried to hide from her,
In the dream,
I didn't want to disrupt her joy,
Since it was I who took it away,
In the beginning.

She noticed me,
My heart sped up,
I could feel the sweat start to form,
I expected her to yell,
Or just ignore me,
Then the most peculiar thing occurred,
"YOU'RE HERE!" She yelled.

With passion,
And grace,
She flew to me,
And clung to my side,
More excited,
More happy,
Than I have ever seen her before.

The whole day,
She refused to leave my side,
She was happy,
More so happy that I was there,
My chest was heavy,
I felt like crying,
Because it was finally okay,
The universe gave her back to me,
All I could do was smile,
Smile so hard it felt like my skin would rip.

She held onto me,
For dear life,
Like she was afraid I would leave,
I was so entranced by her,
I forgot that eventually I would leave,
I was so consumed by her,
I never wanted to leave,
And for a moment,
One stupid naive moment,
I thought I never would.

It was in that moment that I awakened,
Blinking the water from my eyes,
An intense sadness overcame me,
I didn't understand,
Until I remembered,
That dream,
I saw her,
She was happy,
She missed me,
She still loved me.

I have never cried more,
Than I did in that moment,
It is one thing to lose the one you love,
It is another to realize,
They will never come back.

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