Because Last Night I Dreamt of You

Because last night I dreamt of you

This morning I wake and my body

Is a concert hall still echoing

The beauty of the night before

like the morning after the symphony

When the theater walls and

The red velvet curtains still remember

The swell, the strings, the silence

Before the applause

Oh, how I love my body on these mornings

I linger in the sheets, my eyes closed

My arms flung over my head

My belly soft as I open myself to memory

It's fleeting, it's flirty, it's there

Then it's not

What was symphonic

Is now a mere echo of what was

As if everyone left, but the drummer

Is still there alone on stage

Beating out a tempo, complex

But true

Hello heart. Hello heart

Was it really just a dream

The melody escapes me

But I swear I still hear the rhythm