A Waking Dream

Looking into your eyes I am in a waking dream

Of colors brighter
Of richer the sounds
Of far reaching shadows
And depth that surrounds me.

Of laughter louder
Of wider the smiles
Of vivid memories
That do reconcile me.

To touch you, just a touch
Is to cross the threshold
Into a beautiful
Current reality,
And merge into from within
This waking dream in me.

Jason Behnke
2004