Last night
you came to me
bearing gifts.
Exquisite whispers
blossoming
from your mouth
like a bouquet of flowers,
promises
of springtime beauty.
Almost inaudibly,
you told me you wanted me.
You told me you loved me.
You told me we can be together.
How strange.
I never had a dream
like that before.
Annex
: to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place)
1: to attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
2 archaic : to join together materially : unite
Somehow you became annexed
within the house of my heart.
I spent one evening with you
that ended with us lying in bed,
entwined in each other’s warm arms.
That night I soared
on wings of sleep
through a rambling series of dreams
in which you made me laugh,
entertained me with anecdotes
and did not leave me.
I woke the next morning
to find you had moved in
to my inner world.
Now you are dwelling within me
like a part of myself
and I do not know
if I am dreaming you
or you are dreaming me.
still quiet within
reaching for you in hazed sleep
dreamy ghost dancer
