Last night I dreamed

of love & of slaughter...

I dreamed we held hands

& ran through rain water...

I dreamed he was lost

& found by my fingers...

I dreamed him distant

& still this dream lingers...

A dreaming of Joe

with tears in his eyes...

Questions...

Confessions...

Suggestions...

Goodbyes.

I dreamed of darkness

that drowned out our cries -

In dreams we were brothers -

In dreams we were lovers -

In dreams we were angels

that fell from the skies...

In black were we shrouded;

Intact with eyes clouded;

In fact we were naked

with no need of lies.

And waking alone

to the sound of the phone;

he wasn't beside me

& I wondered: why?

- For Joe -