Icycles
of west
sunlight
landed
in your
hair
as we
sat
together
henna
and raspberry
and dark cherry
danced
like
twinkling
lights
your
brown eyes
were
coffee and cream
in color
your lips
full
were
silhouettes

You’re
thousands
of miles
away
you’ve become
a dream
a memory
you come
to me
in dreams
I don’t
remember

Lost
like a boat
set free
in a storm
you drift
further
out to sea
while I remain
ashore
watching you
bob and toss
in surf

just like my
dreams
of you
makes me toss
and turn
at night

I remember
months ago
when you
slept
next to me
in the little
row boat
of your dreams
you bobbed
and tossed
you’re dreams
taking you
out to sea

and farther
away
from me

Alone
I sit
staring
at the dormant
ogre
Diamond Head
a husk
of former
glory
as a volcano
spewing
itself
to create
the lush
island
Oahu
now
green
it disappears
into night
a looming
ghost
dark
as dark
as
night

The day
started
with heavy
clouds
like gray
oven mitts
over the ridge
above my house
Clouds
to the west
were maroon
streamers
skating
across the
sky
The sun
has now crested
the ridge
its warm light
like a low watt
light bulb
bathes
my bedroom
in
amber

Every night
I ask God
to bless
me
with peaceful
and beautiful
dreams
and

every night

I dream
of you

I know
I dream
of you
because of longing
I feel
when I
awaken