DREAM LOVER

sleep returns you to me often

in refreshing proximity

gives freely

that second chance

we'll never again have

during the day

sunshine's painful reminder

the illusion of the past

where reality’s possibilities

forever cascaded

away from us

and when I'm with you

no words ever spoken

to be misconstrued

simply being together

enough to maintain the vision

its warm afterglow

reason to live

beyond daytime's emptiness

till again the night

my head and heart

filled with you

© 1998 Chris Sorrenti