Dreaming of Spring

I refuse to be alive without you

so I've built a whole world

for you in my dreams

And I've decorated it

with daisies and dandelions

and I've furnished it

with moons of light and half-light

and I've anointed it

with your songs and playlists

and I've made offerings

of your favorite iced coffees and bubble teas

and I've built monuments

of your friends and lovers

and I've carved into its mountains

your texts and letters

All this, so that every day

like the birdwatcher at dawn

I hope that you'll visit my dream

So that I may hear your voice

so that I may see your smile

Even if, for a moment

even if, for a lifetime

even if, for an eternity

I've built a whole world

for you in my dreams

while you're free

as a songbird, in His garden

my heart is your birdhouse

on an olive tree

dreaming of spring.