Sweet nighttime pictures in my mind <br />have made it hard to sleep. <br />Can't I change them into dreams, <br />the kind I want to keep? <br /> <br />They've got me wide-awake in bed <br />wondering why they're here? <br />I should be sleeping soundlessly <br />but they just won't disappear. <br /> <br />Pictures of dancing and sweet romancing, <br />things that are no longer around, <br />I need to stop these pictures <br />and keep my feet on the ground. <br /> <br />Pictures of moonbeams shining <br />with a glow that warms my heart, <br />I close my eyes and I see you <br />and now my eyes start to smart. <br /> <br />The pictures become too blurry <br />for tears have formed in my eyes. <br />I wipe them and look for the pictures. <br />They're gone and I realize <br /> <br />that they were pictures of younger days <br />when all we ever knew <br />was passion and sweet embraces. <br />These were pictures of me and you. <br /> <br />And so as I lie here next to you <br />and wait for sleep to come, <br />I content myself with these scenes I've had <br />for I remember where they're from.<br /><br />Edwina Reizer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pictures-in-my-mind/
