Bridge of Sleepiness
It is a bridge of sleeplessness
and you
outside
his dream
In his dream he
is with someone else
with a new desire
in a different life
His body has shed
the skin of your memory
in his sleep
outside his sleep
Now the one
dreaming over there
isn't yours
he's a stranger
In this draining grief
if you wish, ignore his dream
drown this surge of pain
inside your heart
This night
it's a bridge of sleeplessness
suspended
in the air
crumbling
you won't be able to cross
for all time
to that side
or this
The secret of his dream
has walked
right up to you
At the dining table
he sits beside you
you beside him
the infidelity of his dream
looks at you
unblinking
He doesn’t know yet
that he’s been found out
He doesn’t know yet
he’s living
another life in his dream
It’ll take him a long time
to tell anything at all
Who knows
when he’ll
confront himself
He won’t
part with you yet
He’ll cling on to you
till the end
He’ll wish to honour
all the sacred vows
Only you
will tire of it
of this invisible one’s gaze
sitting at the table
one day
One day
he, too, will know of his dream
Embarrassed, he’ll wander about
avoiding your gaze
Suddenly, he’ll start going on long walks
Suddenly, he’ll like doing
tiring little chores
Sitting with friends
he’ll get drunk late in the night
Won’t say a thing
Will laugh
louder than anyone
This is a warning
He’s looking around
for a hidden spot somewhere
he needs to cast away
this undesired dream
This is a warning
that anything can happen
Don’t close the door on him
yet
Don’t tell him yet
that you knew it all
right up to the end
He’s walking
down this road
long and lonely
just to come back home
One day
your days together
will come to an end
It'll be the same old house
the same old things
Only, you two
will be orphaned
Your unborn kids
hovering like ghosts
Out there
the same old world
will be waiting for you
The shadow that razed
your well trenched home
will be nowhere to find
Sometimes the love
of a lifetime
fades away
face to face with a dream
Copyright © Gagan Gill | Year Posted 2015
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