I dreamed I was alive
instead of dead,

body
full
with vigour,

vibrant
with
promise of
endless days
to come.

I dreamed I was
alive instead of dead,

and dreaming

knew exactly
how to live,
how best to
savour life
until the end

and fill each moment
with a waking joy
unknown
when had I lived.

I dreamed
myself
alive instead of dead,

everything open,
everything possible –

the lid of time
not fixed
or screwed in place
to seal us up.

I dreamed myself alive
instead of dead,

and dreaming
lived once more
within your love.

There, where all dreams
are opened out
and only Love is real.

I dreamed myself alive
instead of dead
and you too dreamed
that I still lived

so there
we met
and lived again
and loved

until dreams
mingled
gave us back our lives.
Two lovers
never lost

who know that
only love
cannot be sealed.