Masked as a Dream
By: JoAnna Martin

As the sun comes up I open my eyes.
I watch you slip away in disguise-
masked as a dream that vanished with daylight,
heading for the horizon until out of my sight. 
Good things aren't always what they seem
but I don't want to wake up if this is a dream.
I've met angels and I've met devils.
I've experienced passion on every level,
but how I've longed for someone like you to come
to take me away from reality, make my body numb.
When I hear your voice, my heart beats fast,
I hope for this feeling to forever last.
It's you I'm thinking of when I dream.
In the moment of passion, it's your name I scream.
I know you want me the way I want you.
Alone at night, the lust consumes you too.
Immoral thoughts fill our separate minds
while we look for the happiness one day we will find.
There's no telling, for us, what the future will hold
or what feelings will grow, or what love will unfold,
but I'm falling more in love with you everyday,
wanting you and needing you in every way.   
You're all I ever think about day and night.
You lift my mind and spirit beyond great heights.
I know in my heart I will always love you,
and I hope in your heart you'll always love me too.


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