What We've Got

It was just a dream. Just a dream.

1. The chills that you send down my back are acerate,
pricking my body like a needle gone astray.
The contours of your face are estival,
reminding me of glimpses and moments
of a life of happiness that I once knew.
We’re fighting a war of psychomachy here,
Body against soul,
Mind against heart.
Physical.
Sexual.
But wait...



2. I knew you in another life,
you know.
A time when minds and bodies
were not so disconnected.
I knew you in another life,
And at once,
I knew you were mine.
Not mine as in the boots i wear,
to be walked all over and never
heard from again.
Not mine as in the pendant
hanging around my neck
Signifying all, and safe against my breast.
No.
You were so much more
Than just the physical back then.

3. That night we had,
Made me want to commit...
...commit an act of deicide.
Those words you spoke.
Made me want to write....
...write a poem.
And now, when I think about it....
...it still makes me want to smile.