I Met You in a Dream, and Left You in a Nightmare

July 23rd 2023

I slipped into a nightmare

unknowingly, yet willingly,

for I thought it was just a dream, or

possibly, a memory

but memories compiled

of moments between you and me

don’t often keep me restless

with dreams while I sleep.

And when I wake, I find

the nightmare not to be

much more than my own eyes

staring back at me, as

a reflection of what was,

and what is not, mirroring.

What we have lost leaves me

in a sleepless agony.