non-recurring dream

[tectak]

V2

Last night the chain that drags 'til dawn was broken by her smile.
The sleep that heals was longer by the links unjoined; and while
the dead time lasted, and while the dark air swirled,
I held on to her, breathed her skin,
touched her sweetness, entered in,
and round her body curled.

Mine again, mine again, thank God she is mine again.
Keep the dream, die in sleep, as long as she is mine again.

Last night the chain that holds and binds was broken by her smile.
The hours of night were endless angst, an unrelenting trial.
Loosed into the loveless void, with wretched wraith-like peers,
I screamed her name, her name is life;
Then fell upon that blessed knife
called peace or death or fear.

Mine again, mine again, thank God she is mine again.
Keep the dream, die in sleep, as long as she is mine again.

Tectak
2012