Separated By Time

It wasn't just space that separated them

But so did time

She lived 2 years in the future in comparison to him

By some miracle 

They met and fell in love with each other 

While they slept at night

They dreamt 

And it was in their dreams where they fell in love and met 

Once a week, for five years, they met in their dreams

He opened his eyes one night

And it was midnight in Paris

And she was dancing with him, spinning and laughing, pulling him closer to her, to whisper in his ear

He melted  

Becoming a liquid

Before turning into a gas

He floated around the room, weightless—all of his pain, worries, fears and anxiety fading away

Until he saw a shockingly handsome fella looking her way

Then he became solid again 

She changed the chemistry within him

Making him believe in things he thought was only real in fairy-tales and dreams 

But it seemed to him that his dreams were more real than his life

His bed became his home

In his head he wasn’t alone

Sleep became an obsession

He left his life in the present and he didn’t regret it 

And as they sat on a curb on the side of the street, watching a meteor shower together, they realized that they were from different times

And they wished 

On the shooting stars

That no matter when, or how far

They might be

Eventually 

They’ll find a way to be together in the real world 

He looked away from the silver streaking across the dark sky and into her sparking green eyes

And promised her he would find her some day 

And he meant it . . .

So, now he wanders through time and space

Searching for the face 

That changed his fate

He searches place after place 

He calls her name date after date 

When the thunder cracks in the sky

That is his cry

To his lover 

He couldn’t live if his promise to her were to become a lie

So night after night

He wanders through all of space/time

In hopes he’ll find

The lady of his dreams 

Before he dies

-CH 8/18/25