Dream-Walking Poem by Eila Mahima Jaipaul

bodiless I float in endless blackness
surrounded by a sea of lights,
an immense swirl of tiny pinpoints
glittering more sharply than stars on the clearest night,
it is here you'll be visible...
in the tiny gap
between dreams and waking
in this infinite, between reality and our lives
our two points could be side by side
through the distance for dreamers are miles and miles.

moving without moving I search for you
lights seem to spin around me
sweeping by so fast
it blurs into streaks,
while I float motionless in the starry sea,
vaguely aware of my body.
I am pulled toward you as you swell into sight
rushing toward me
from a star in the sky
to a full moon
to a shimmering wall that fills my vision
pulsing like a breathing thing.
reaching out with sheer will
across the space that remains
between me and my dream
I speak to you, with no body,
no mouth
to tell you I love you.