You & This Random Dream
by Maria Mendoza
(Texas)
You ask me who I am…
As I pause you look at me
Like you have known me our entire lives.
You say never mind and turn to walk away
Then you pause & as you turn back around
I am NO longer there.
As you are asleep I am in your dreams
Again you ask who I am with the same
Expression on your face, and the same
Movement of earlier that day, but when
You turn around I am still standing there.
You simply ask have we met?
I want to reply but you have awaken
And you keep wondering who I am, where
I'm from, & how you know me.
You fall asleep in class & I appear
Again…
You ask why you keep having this dream
And you simply read my mind. As you
Start to fall to your knees I catch you
& say I got you and as you start
To cry I hurry to wipe away the tears.
You look into my eyes with astonishment
Thinking I should hate you, but I smile
& say I still love you.