Once Again

I can feel your despair

When you find that the

Dreams have undone

Your careful repairs

Once again.

You hold me against you

As I lay shattered on our bed

And you murmur gentle things

That the dreams never say

Once again.

You ask my permission

To kiss away my sorrow

And I cry in gratitude

Because the dreams didn't ask

Once again.

The dreams always return and, for a time,

You must treat me as though touching me

Is a sin, but I know that when I break,

You will gladly hold me back together

Once again.