The Dream

I dreamed of you last night

I was there, my spirit free

I saw your eyes, your welcoming smile

and remembered when we were WE

I saw your head with that innocent tilt

watched you giggle as you joked

felt the fragrant breeze as you walked by

heard the accent when you spoke.

You were in a home decorated with you

built in the hot inland sun

from the kitchen I heard Nanay

and the smells of sinagong.

Tatay watched his wrestling show

and tagalog floated between the two

my heart burst with memories

of me, of them, of you.

Your asian features, your body curves

etched with fire in my mind

your deep brown eyes and soft brown hair

I beg to be intertwined.

You kissed me and ask me to stay

How long I have awaited this chance!

but I knew I would have to return to my life

and prayed for one last dance.

And then the dream ended

and the night became the dawn

and I lay there with a broken heart

for you, the moon, were gone.