Outside of my dream

Can I see you outside of my dream?

Can I see you anywhere but there?

Can I meet you

By the basketball court down the street?

I could wait for you after sunset.

We could hold hands and lie in the grass

And listen to each other.

I could ask you what you’re thinking of

And you could tell me what I’m dreaming of.

We could crawl under the sheets of my moonlit bed

Where you could be me and I could be you.

I could bring you breakfast that morning

And open the door for you when it’s time for school.

I could go out shopping

Buy you the most beautiful ring

And write our names in the dust of dusk

If I could see you outside of my dream.

There would be no questions or demands

If I could see you anywhere but

Here.