13 years, 10 months and forever

In my dream, there was a cave

Where ten thousand people lived

Men, women, old and young

(And all in between)

They had different faces,

They all had the same name (yours)

For 13 years, 10 months

And some eternity

I went there, every single night

Wanting to meet each one of them

To hear them say their names

The same name, over and over

And over, again

I searched their faces

For the squint in your eyes

For the blush on your cheeks

For the cute clefted chin held high

For the silly grin, or the pout that says

Your mad

I touched their hands, hoping

To find the grip, promised to have held

through the rough, uneven grounds

the tough rules,

fast and constantly changing,

the madness!

For 13 years, 10 months

And most of a lifetime,

I fail

To find you, or any of you,

In the ten thousand people I visited

Every night…

And then, from nowhere,

You were there!

Right in front of me,

Finding me, looking at me…

With your best suit on,

and a smile!

But long before I could summon the words

To speak, to ask…

Finally!

To tell you how happy I was…

You came close and whispered

“the dream ends tonight”

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In my dream, there was a cave

Where ten thousand people lived

Men, women, old and young

(And all in between)
They had different faces,

They had different names…