Visit by Moonlight

My eyes just won't stay open
No matter how hard I try.
I drift off to sleep at last,
Let loose my dreams to fly.
The book slips through my fingers
Landing softly in the gloom.
My dreaming eyes, they open--
I'm no longer in my room.
A dark, cold place I stand in.
My heart knows not to fear;
For though I cannot see him,
Somehow I know he's here.
He steps into the light,
His face as hard as stone.
Oh, how I want to hold him,
Show him he's not alone.
His eyes, they look me over.
Such coldness lies inside.
He steps a little closer.
In me he might confide.
Now we're almost touching;
He's not yet said a word.
His eyes and heart spoke volumes,
So I've already heard.
I reach out a finger
To gently touch his face.
Then suddenly, he's gone from sight.
I'm alone in this dark place.
My eyes shoot open quickly--
In my room at night once more.
I'm safely in my bed.
The book is on the floor.
I never met the boy
Whose heart seemed so alone.
I was merely sleeping.
Now I'm on my own.
Carefully, I lift the book
And hold it close to me.
In my dreams and in the pages--
The only places where he'll be.