The Reality Of Us Poem by Dónall Dempsey

A map
of sunlight & lace

traces itself
upon the table top

wavers
like water

before us

ripples
like a magical pool

that our fingers
dive into

at once
transformed into fishes

this pool

created
by sunlight & shadow

as real
to us

as
us.

you lay your head
amongst its imaginary waters

and it maps
itself over you

like the contours
of a dream

or the entrance
to a world

beyond us

that exists
&
does not exist

in this
minute

a cloud passes
& erases

all our
magic.

we hide
the memory of it

in our minds

and that night
it becomes

the kiss
we kiss

our bodies
but two dreams

enjoying
the reality of us.