Final Request

Corners rise
Cheek to cheek
Look forward to
A pleasant dream
Close my eyes
Forget to think
See the shadow
Dance with me
Fond melodies
Play in sync
As we court
Love will peak
And yet the light
Fades it seems
That all of this
Was just a dream
The melodies
So soft and sweet
Are replaced with
Lurid screams
Won’t my shadow
Return to me
Tears of angst
Drown memory
Unknown figure
Strange and mean
Engulfs my night
And steals my dream
A pitched laugh
Causes grief
Hands caress
I can’t breathe
I realise now
The dream I’m in
Held by bones
Deprived of skin
The hooded ghost
Allows a wish
One last dance
With my shadow prince