I was lost in a world I didn't want to be in anymore. You were there, and then suddenly you weren't anymore. Gone before I could say goodbye. I was screaming, begging for it not to be real. Because I became one, and that didn't feel right. Yes, it hurt every bone in my body, and I wanted nothing more then to be there with you. But I couldn't, and I questioned why, my heart beating out of my chest. Then like a flash, I suddenly woke up. And I realized it had only been a nightmare. Even so, reality set in. You aren't really gone, but you aren't here either. For that reason, I live another nightmare I can't escape. No, this one I can't wake up from.
I wrote this poem in 2016 after I dream I had one night.