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I lie here in this bed

Alone with my thoughts

Your picture on my wall

Reminding me again

Of what I cannot have

 

I close my eyes with one last look

Drifting into restless sleep

Your face is all I see

The first and last image I have

My thoughts confused

 

My wakened confusion dims

As my dreams come alive

Love and laughter mix

With sadness and loss

Tossing and turning

 

What I wish so near

But then so far

Snatched away from me

As I lose my way

In my dreams of you

 

Reflecting my reality

No calming dreams for me

Shattered illusions

Mocking me

Tearing my very soul

 

Tears fall on my cheek

Their wetness wakes me

Through the blur I see

Your smiling face

And I cry again

 

PAT BROGAN 2002