I woke this morning from another dream

In which you were again ignoring me.

The longing ebbs, but never goes away,

That you might one day see me as I see.

No matter that only your ghost remains

Or that it lives but in faint memory.

Dreams fade away, but feelings catch and sink,

An aching vacuum in my heart of soul.

Why do I long for that which never was,

Which so long now has slipped from my control?

Just grant me one more smile, although it lie,

Before the blank of time deletes the whole.

How could I fall in love with something false?

How dare I miss a love I never knew?

You were a mere reflection of myself,

The things that made me smile were never true,

And yet in spite of reason, sense and time,

I still long for a sign of love from you.