I, LIKE A FORGOTTEN DREAM

When you love me and I love you

When our bodies and souls entwine

In the ultimate act

I know that I shall wake to find you,

And as I kiss your sleeping eyes

I shall pull you to me

And into my dreams

As our love grows and we are safely

Cocooned in our perfect lives

I know that you will be in my heart

For every hour of every day

And for every minute of every hour

I will be in yours

As we grow old together

And love becomes fondness

And fondness becomes habit

I will know

And then while you are knitting

A distraction found in wool and pins

I shall kiss your photograph

Along with your memory

When the only love that you can show me

Is the kind of love that a small girl

Would show to her raggiest rag doll

I will know

And then, while you are reading

I will pack my bags and leave them by the door

When finally all love for me has left you,

When all you can feel

Is indifference or disgust

I will know

And then, while you are sleeping

I shall slip away and leave your memory

Like a forgotten dream