Traum

i've fallen one too many times
into your eyes
lingered just a little longer
outside your touch
tried more often than not
to make you smile
and drowned eagerly
in your laugh

now the cold light of dawn has come
reality calms
and so i place you sadly
on the shelf
along with the other phantoms
haunting memories
dreams cannot keep me warm
love must be flesh

i bask in the bittersweet release
of goodbye