Not in your dream, in heart

What lets me meet you Without you—it might so seem, But fades soon like dew… Seems like last refuge— a dream And fills one’s joys to the brim. Joys that rise like cream And then spill over the brim As no joys I deem… So, let me keep you in heart From where none takes you apart. _____________________________ Tanka |05.01.2024| dream Poet’s note: Haiku originated as a dialogue between two in love exchanging poetic notes, one posing a point, to which the other adds a couplet that completes the dialogue. Later, the two combined to make a Tanka. This one is a double Tanka, the next one as replied by the girl. The boy realizing that heart is a better place than a dream.