monochrome photographs
I remember in colour
photographs and dreams
dream
he paints the ceiling
he paints the ceiling
with swirls of stars
and watches them in the closed-eye darkness
every odd-shaped interval
a single star gold-silver falls
till sleep or morning comes
dream
sun
light on your skin
my dreams are habit forming
my dreams are habit forming
glossing the darkest days mistakes
until
with patience
the apricot morning breaks
on Valentine’s morning
on Valentine’s morning
in my dreams
I hold you in my arms
asleep
dreaming of warmth and security
and what we shall do
when we awake
I awoke from a dream
I awoke from a dream
we were lying in bed
holding hands
the dream I don’t remember
status
in the moment
in the bath
in a lover’s dreams
they pulled off their shirts
they pulled off their shirts the light through their chests shone dark dreams slowly gathered
do you dream
do you dream of me
move me there
from here
at a distance?
do I dream of you
see you here
when you’re there
at a distance?
yes, we share a dream
you who are here
and I who am there
defying distance
sky cloud sand sea
sky cloud sand sea
I am dreaming you are next to me
sky cloud rock sea
I am dreaming; you are next to me
