Once upon a time

if there ever was

Dreams confusing the past

with the never occurred

I thought I might have seen you cry

weeping from a lost thought

or was it a missing fire

I dared not meet your eye

Teardrops slide and then fall

heart ever following suit

Mind in a search for any reason

yet rarely bearing fruit

I saw your face in a stranger

I heard your voice in the wind

When I rolled over in bed

I felt your phantom arm encircle me

Living in the present

Past a certain state of mind

Eyes unfocused and blurry

Thoughts threatening to turn unkind