In the Dream (for Ranise)

In the dream you're there
and I'm there
I swear it's real
we're both really there

In the dream we're still speaking
and we're laying in your bed together
holding each other
and I can smell your scent
and taste you on my tongue
and my lips

I can feel your breath
entering and exiting
your all too enticing body

In the dream you fall asleep and I remain
awake
and I'm planting kisses on your
lips
chest
neck
and cheeks
and it's real
I know it's real

In the dream we're consuming one another
like hungry mad angels of Summer
and we're inseparable-
like I'm handcuffed to you

In the dream we're in love
and I'm not scared to tell you how I feel-
how I want nothing more than to
make you
love me
and how I want to hold you in my
skinny tattooed arms
while planting kisses on your head
and NEVER
let you go

I want to save you from a single day
of discontentment
and I want to rip away any hurt
that I've caused you and
I want to hold you forever and feel your breath on my neck
and face and chest
and I want to whisper the words
"I love..."
and have you believe them
and believe in me

In the dream it's real-
I know it's real
and it's sweet enough
to make me never want to wake
again.