Last night I dreamed we parted, you and I.
It was so very real: yes, even to
The choked-unfeeling when I’d think of you,
And to the tears inside that left quite dry
These haunted eyes. And oh, how hard I’d try
To cover every sign friends might construe
As even slender hint that I was blue–
No smallest look , nor any slightest sigh.
A lifetime’s Hell I lived last night, throughout
This phantasy that brought me wide awake
And shaking, giving thanks we’re still a team,
And praying we can carry on without
A closer living knowledge of that ache!
(God grant I learned a lesson from my dream.)
(based on a real dream…)
by Ray Romine Sunday, February 20, 1944
