Poem #406 – Visitors in the Night

You reach out to touch them
And then they vanish
But their memory now
You cannot banish.

Treasure these moments
These elusive dreams
The ones you question,
“Was that what it seems?”

Yes, my friend,
‘Twas a loved one’s kiss
A way to acknowledge
They know you do miss …

Their presence around you
Their touch and their voice
They know that their absence
Was not made by choice.

And so they do touch you
At night in your sleep
A time when your dreams
Take you ever so deep.

In this quieter state
Is the time they can reach you
Your belief in their presence
Has a lesson to teach you …

The loved ones you miss
You will see once again
But not just in your dreams,
A brief thought now and then.