In Another Place in Time

In another place in time,

I'd be yours and you'd be mine.

Instead,

I count the times that you cross my mind,

while I lay restless in my bed,

with every single thought of you in my head.

I pray that this is the night I actually get some rest.

For sleep does not come easy,

to those who long for more.

As my mind races, 2AM, 3AM, 4.

I pray for just an ounce of peace.

Just one night, where you don't haunt me.

And I think to myself how nice it would be,

to be able to close my eyes and just sleep.

And I know I deserve better than to only hold you in my dreams.

Because dreams are never really as they seem.

It's just a scheme made up by my mind,

to trick me into thinking that you're mine.

And each morning when I rise,

wiping the sleep from my eyes.

To realize it was all but a dream,

alarm clock blaring.

I hit snooze.

Throwing the covers over my head.

in my queen sized, empty bed.

With myself, no one else.

I hit snooze.

Because for five more minutes,

I'm yours and you're mine,

In another place in time.