Dreams

You don't deserve a place in my dreams. 

The hurt upon waking,

The heart-breaking slam of reality,

The loss and the betrayal, 

All come rushing back. 

Alone in my bed, 

Surrounded by pillows still grasping to your scent,

I feel you, reach out, and find only loneliness. 

She

She was clothed in laughter

She bathed in moonlight

Joy covered the soles of her feet

Her eyes shone with emptiness

Her heart fluttered to its own beat

And I fell in love at first sight 

Wrinkles

Lines lightly touching the edge of your glittering green eyes.

Caressing your full, lovely lips, are even deeper ones. 

Fear and worry mark light, crashing waves on your forehead. 

All of them make mine that much stronger.

They aren't so much a sign of old age,

As a sign of a life well loved.