Bedside

I woke up today
and left my bed
where her memories sharpened
the creases of my sheets.

Yesterday, on the same time,
I woke up and she was beside me,
comfortably tucked in bed -
sleeping soundly.

I opened my eyes,
the real world lay before me.
She was never here.
It was a dream. It didn't happen to me.

-dyan kay ben-
06/16/09