In a Dream

She appeared in a dream

A week after my birthday

Her cheeks were flushed with color

And lips her signature shade

She didn’t say much

But her eyes told me everything I needed to know

As if for just an instant

Her touch left a tickle on my skin 

And i thought back to warm kisses on sunny afternoons

You never knew it was like an inferno outside

You always kept it cold

I don’t know why I didn’t cry

When I saw her in her room that night

But just a thank you and goodbye

As I briefly laid by her side

And it felt like just enough to get me by..