In Dreams Remain Poem by William Kofoed

and in the darkness of my room
as once again I realize
sleep has fled and I'm awake
and so be begins a another day

memories seem as if a dream
of what once was so long ago
how I wish I could return
to what now is lost in time

pictures now just remain
shadows of what once was
they hold no feelings
that I can touch

cannot hold in my embrace
hold them then close to me
and theirs fragrance to breathe in
little more than memories

harsh light of day does wash away
the pictures in my memory
and the longings of the night
dreams cannot be in the day

oh that sleep would claim me
and in dreams I could remain
and live again in what once was
that today are far away