To Dream Again

What a dream I had
Of time with her
Skipping down streets
Like a smooth stone on pond water.

A dozen years fell away
Seeming but minutes
And we talked and laughed
Like time was our toy.

Her eyes flashed
Her cheeks a rose blush
Lips a red bow
Fingers folded softly within mine.

The whole of the world
Was a blazing dazzle.
Light and color danced
Within and around her.

So brief a dream
A drop in a saucer
Dew upon a blade
Glimmer on rippling tide.

She is the song of larks
Her scent the fresh wind
She is water to the parched
Her smile the rising sun.

A moment with her
If but a dream
Is more fair than seasons
With another.

As light fades
And darkness falls tonight
I will hurry to sleep
To dream again