5. In dreams

No longer in dreams,

we are more than we were;

for we were I and we were you.

In dreams we attempted the impossible

but now the impossible

does not tempt

for we are strangers

to impossibility.

In dreams we wrestled with tomorrows

but now, with yesterdays at our side,

‘tomorrow’ is merely tangled grass

that careful steps can breach.

Our dreams are not the dreams of youth

the immediate, passion

and the cliff edge of life.

Those dreams are long passed

but the dreams of forever

hold us in warm embrace,

softer than ardour,

more enduring than eager love.