What is it that you dream of
When I lie in your arms
Wide awake in the darkness
As I stare through your sleeping eyes.

The years slide through my memory
I pause on those spent with you
Savoring the sweetness
Trying to kindle them anew.

As you toss and turn
I feel the gap between us grow
So many feelings with no name
Too much history to start from scratch.

I cling to your body in desperation
Hoping the physical closeness
Will mend the metaphoric void
It's a child's dream, so fragile, so blind.

You almost wake when I squeeze too tight
If I loosen my grip will I lose you?
I risk it and my fears are realized
As I watch you drift out of reach...