this solid ache
shredded to strips
binds me blindly
to a place
that doesn’t truly exist
intangible
but more real
than anything in
reality

a place inside
my mind and body
where pleasure
meets peace
and all I can
feel
is you

the noise of life
mere memory
drifting away on the
waves
you create
within

let everything beyond
this bubble
evaporate
I am your captive
until reality ends
and the dream
begins
again

walking around
asleep
dreaming
of the moment
you will coax me
gently, brutally, lovingly
back
to life