In dreams

I dreamt of a place

Where my words don’t touch you

And the world was drowning.

Cars lay dead on the roads

Without words,

Without sounds,

There was death everywhere.

I saw you shining

In my dreams

In a place where words wouldn’t move

But the willows, like your dress

Swayed in the wind.

And the sun on your arms

In your eyes, was still

Still, like you.

And there was silence everywhere.

Silence as you walked

Silence as I woke.