I dreamt of you last night.
Freed from the constrains
Of everyday reality
I saw us
In that soft, soft light
Walking, laughing,
Together,
Hand in hand
And hip to hip;
The sky was cloudless,
Flowers and trees
Suffused the air
With the scents
And glow
Of nature,
Bestowing upon us
God's blessings
As if we
Were passing through
The Garden of Eden.
We were innocent
Of pain
And fear,
Seeing only
One another,
Loving fully,
Until
The harsh cry
Of an insistent blue jay
Brought me back
To an equally harsh
World
Where you
And we
No longer existed,
And softly,
I began to cry.