"36-day Dream"

I wake from my dream
To wake to another dream
Everything unfamiliar
Nothing quite as it seems.

I wake up again
I realize then
Dreams don’t come true
And everything is nothing again.

The fire in my eyes
Extinguished by your absence
Tears doused by flame
Sadness flooded incense.

Words of bitter kindness
Strike deep into me
Silence speaks forgiveness
Set this prisoner free.