PHANTOM LOVERS
Sometime I
Have gone to sleep
With heavy fever for some guy
To wake with his name
On my lips,
My body wrapped
Around my sheets,
Wondering if
He felt it too,
Or if it had been
Too private a thing
For him to ever know.
The phantom lovers
Under my covers
Who probably never were
Never knew they were there
With the fever fone
I could go on
Not needing them.
If there was
Anything there at all
Outside of my dreams, my thoughts
It was over.
It was done.
No risk of rejection
No discovery fright
No girlfeinds
No buddies
No wives.
Phantom lovers come
When I sleep
And as I awaken,
Leave.
Pegi Regine (minor rev. April 1 2011)
