Just thinking I won't dream again
dreams only let you down
as if you're swimming in the moonlight
of that rare translucent sea
being all and everything to
everyone you'll ever be
and then you drown.

well
I have gasped for breath a hundred times
but I won't gasp anymore
I'll just wade into that ocean
until
the shore becomes a memory
and
then the dreams I had won't bother me
I will
leave it all behind me and wonder if you'll
find me

and wake if only once to take one last long
loving look at the final words upon the page
and then I'll close the book.