Yet sometimes I see a head of mousy hair in front of me
Washing linen in the river as I scale fish and roast them over an open fire
Yet sometimes I think I see you
tending to flowers in a garden
smiling at me when you sniff the roses
Yet sometimes I hear your voice
Whispering sweet nothings
Telling me about your day
All the mundane things you say don't feel mundane to me
You won't spend time with me
But I smelled you with him
I heard you giggle and I think you kissed
I imagined it was me that you almost kissed
I imagined that it wasn't almost
I swept you off your feet and you greeted me with a smile
Your lips touched mine and the wait was worth the while
Your long flowy dress swirled around your feet
Just like it had in my fever dream
But I sit here alone and the romance turns to solitude
The spot beside me is empty
Your voice was in my mind
You were never mine to keep
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In another life you'd be mine and I'd be yours
You'd wrap your legs around my waist as I lifted you up- like lovers do
You'd stroke hair out of my face and eyes
You'd kiss me on the corner of my mouth and run your hands down my chest and thighs and kiss me in my most tender spots
In another life we'd travel far across the lands
Foraging and feasting upon nature's bountiful blessings
I'd hunt for you and you'd gaze upon my muscled chest as I caught you fish to scale for stews
And then we'd eat under the stars and embrace while sharing stories of adventure
In another life I'd wake up next to you
I'd see your sleepy face and your nightgown slipping just off your shoulder
I'd brush hair out of your face and mouth just as you would when we were together
I'd read and let you sleep and not move so you wouldn't wake up
When I'd have the chance I'd make you some tea and breakfast and when you'd wake up you'd eat it by our garden
In another life I would propose to you at dawn
We'd be in a meadow full of flowers
You'd be bathed in the early sun's beauty
Your brown eyes would turn golden in the morning light
Then I'd lift you up and kiss you and make you my wife
In another life you'd at least give me a chance to talk to you
You'd at least hear me out
In another life you'd choose me and I'd choose you not because of fate but despite it
You'd get to know me and not fight it
Until then I have my dreams of holding you close and watching streams ,catching fish in foreign lands ,and maybe even holding hands