Forlorn Dreamer Poem by RIC BASTASA

i have long dreamed
that you press your body against mine

you are the heaviness that
i wanted all my life

i want you tell me how i close my eyes
and how lost will i be when you
make love to me

i do not wish you to be my blue sky
i want you to be my river so i can hear your song
and feel your water

you can rage in my banks strong as a storm
i shall remain placid in this love

i have long dreamed that i am broken into shreds of
tiny infirmities

you are here like a pillow beside me
but since you can never be true to me

you are always, always far away
like a dream that i have always long to dream
many years ago