Slipping between
\nWhat’s real and what’s a dream
\nOne moment you’re gone from me
\nThe next you’re here
\nSmiling pleasantly<\/p>\n
I know what’s real
\nReality is that you’re gone
\nYou’ve been gone so long
\nI sometimes forget
\nWhat you were like when you were here<\/p>\n
But then it happens again
\nI come home and there you are
\nMaking dinner or on the computer
\nAs if nothing has happened
\nTo you at all<\/p>\n
I try to tell my friends
\nConvince my family
\nI keep sleeping so easily
\nBetween the two it’s getting hard
\nTo remember what’s real<\/p>\n
It feels to nice
\nSeeing you again
\nI just want to hug you
\nTo talk to you
\nTell you how I’ve been<\/p>\n
But reality sets in once more
\nYou’re not real, I tell you as much
\nTell you, “This is just a dream”
\nTo which you reply, “Yes, it is.
\n“But you can stay if you want.”<\/p>\n
I jolt awake
\nHeart racing
\nMind wondering
\nWhat could you have meant
\nWhen you said I could “stay”?<\/p>\n
It’s been years since then
\nAnd some days when reality
\nHits too heavy, too hard
\nI think about your offer
\nAnd wonder<\/p>\n
Should have taken you up on it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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