I Married You In My Sleep

Even though you’re worlds away

I must inform you today

The day we parted I married you in my sleep

Walking on snow, like on water, following

The Sami people around the Arctic Circle

Reindeer in tow, the most beautiful place on earth

Platinum white hair is everywhere, snow on the ground

I squeeze in between two warm animal bodies

I married you in my sleep

This time of year when the snow falls even here

I think of you not seeing the fluffy heaven petals

Dancing on your hand, disappearing into a twist,

Water drops till they evaporate

Kind of like you in the morning of every new day

I married you in my sleep

How different it all seems to be

Our worlds, our realities

Yours a full day ahead of mine,

But I have all I could ever need

I married you in my sleep

Like a feather on the floor

Swept with one motion of a broom

Just to escape it

Since the motion of the brush gives it

Power, wings of flight

My heart has played its latest trick

No ifs and buts, you are always with me

So why the cruel joke

Instead of bedding my dreams

I keep my insomnia company

The day we parted
I married you in my sleep.

10.29.11