Snoqualmie Falls

I had this dream that you ran away with me 

To some place warm, southern and wild

just east of lake ocachobe 

we sat all night, together silently 

and watched restless waves stretch from the ocean

to beat the shore mercilessly

Yet subtly it seemed somehow so serene 

It's fascinating discovering imagined things previously left unexplored 

But back on earth I'm in your bedroom

and it’s just the way you left it 

when you left, assuming you'd come back again...

So don't wake me up 

In my head we're in Snoqualmie  

Trapped in a rare late winter snowfall the road is all but vanishing

We drive all night

You’re laying in my back seat 

Your restless hair pressed to the window

our dog sleeping at your feet 

It seems so real

It seems free 

And for awhile it seems to stretch on endlessly 

But your funeral is this weekend

and I'm weakened by the fact we’ll both be there;

One voluntarily and one the headline act 

In my dream it’s all a nightmare and you come walking back in 

and kiss my cheek

and call me stupid for thinking this ever happened...

So don’t wake me up

Please don’t wake me up