I Dream Of

Didn’t think I would dream about you still

After the power went out

After your mail stopped coming to my house

Still, I dream of you

And I dream of the peeling kitchen walls too

And the seams of the drawers that came unglued

And all the things that we never had a chance to do

I dream of

And I dream of the hours I’ll never get back

Trying to discern fiction from fact

Trying to seduce you and wildly succeeding

I dream of

And I dream of the memory of you leaving

And the web of lies you were weaving

And the failure by design

Of the image of you I had in my mind

And the pedestal I put you on

And all the things that I would have done

To keep you