DREAMING I AWOKE

LAST night I awoke
within my dream
nothing seemed wrong --
at least for me
I lived a full life
while visiting you see


and many years past --
one day I fell to sleep
when I awoke again
I still remained
my wife of years
by my side hugging me


winter came so many
years henceforth
wrinkled and aching
my bones screamed
but my wife did not awake
so she remained


my last sleep
I clearly remember --
a dream so deep
that when I again awoke
I found myself alone
with youth and just a dream

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