I touched you in your dreams darling

I felt the cold steady beat of your heart
thawing out like flowers in spring

I touched you in your dreams my dear

like a coiled snake ready to strike
I tasted the venom in your teeth when I kissed you

I touched you in your dreams love

and I felt the slow shifting of my spine
as the vertebrae started their tender ache

I touched you in your dreams darling
and it felt like a mistake