dream on

i fall asleep
on the cool
clean sheets
and drift off
into a dream
about a girl
i once knew when
i was young
and thin, a puppy
off the leash.
we couldn't keep
our hands off
one another,
or stop kissing,
or go a day
without an hour
on the phone.
the dream is
sweet, the dream
is almost as
good and is not
diminished one
bit by the fact
that i wake up
all alone.