she came to me
in a dream last night
her ephemeral beauty
matching the stars
and when i awoke
i longed for insomnia
to keep me safe
from her smile again

my dreamcatcher
snaps and snarls
overfed and sullen from
the aching reminders
keeping a fool lost
in miserable complacency
burnt one too many times
by the red hot gleam
of the stove beckoning