About You I Had a Dream

Last night about you I had a dream Punching the marketplace time clock “Morning Ralph, Morning Sam” and so it seemed At work we always laughed a lot You came to me and lotioned your hands With the candle I made just for you We stole a lunch of fruit from your mothers’ bins And I bought us cheese enough for two There we sat planning our next run A decent Friday night pizza we did seek Living in the hills of Carolina was no fun The bland food left us feeling weak This Morning I remembered when I moved away I feared to leave you in such a state A sensitive soul with no ability to pray I never imagined your fate By phone in your voice, I heard your subtle cry But I could offer only words At the end of a frigid long distance line I was afraid you would succumb to your hurts Then one winter night, I heard of your plight Words still hanging in the stuporous air “He gave up the fight, he took his own life” As if you didn’t even care