Poem for an Imaginary Person

I feel so lucky
Today alone
But full of love
I dreamed
About you
Last night
I dreamed
About sleeping
With you
My arm draped
Over you
And you
Holding onto it
Cradling my arm
Like a baby
Protecting it
Pressing your face
Against my fingers
To breathe
Me in
To smile in
Your sleep
And I was
Overwhelmed
With a feeling
Of kindness
And completeness
And I woke
Up feeling lucky
To have this
Feeling
Alone but full
And you
Somewhere
Out there
Breathing
Beautiful

Goodnight

The night flows with birds
This ragged moon
Seeks stars
With desperate
Certainty a mother
Seeking her lost
Children but
Wracked by wind
Whipped clouds
In Minneapolis sky
A tree dreams
Slow cold tree dreams
Patient and groggy
And I
Stand in the snow
Drunken snow
Coveted
Yelling poems
At my neighbors
Sleepy houses