Vanishing into a dream

I have known you to turn me around and
look me in the eye to tell me
just how much you love me
and I stare longingly at the reflection
Of me.
That'll never be me.

Who are you, I wonder,
to validate me?
Who are you, I wonder,
to see me for who I am.
Who are you, I wonder,
of all the times that I have loved you
and you have shunned me.
Where am I, I wonder
as I chase you in this maze.

I beg for your hands to touch me
for your fingers to cradle my face.
I decide to never
stop dreaming for a world where
you and I breathe together.
Love me, won't you?
Lines that I barely remember
from the words that you said to me
come floating back to me, as if
in the ghost of a memory.

Love me, darling, won't you?

I do, you whisper.

I lost you a long time ago, you say.

I blink.