Shivered

Shivered,

my breath caught,

foetal in numbed lassitude

momentary asphyxiation

sweat frozen on iced skin

 

for one moment… 

alone

I thought she was gone;

for one moment…

together

I though she was here

 

A dream,

my night-terror?

but eyes wide-open in trance.

Sleep,

perchance to scream

Awake;

and hope to dream