when the alarm went off
too early
for such broken sleep
i felt the petals
still stuck to my skin
the phantom tingle
of her lips
the last dreamkiss
lost in her essence
hovering along the edge
of consciously subconscious marrowtinged avidity

i knew it was a dream
yet i still felt
the bruised reverie
in the fulfillment
brought on
by a night spent
locked in her
soulexpanding embrace