Anecdote of 2 A.M.

JOHN WAIN

ANECDOTE OF 2 A.M.

'Why was she lost?' my darling said aloud

With never a movement in her sleep. I lay

Awake and watched her breathe, remote and proud.

Her words reached out where I could never be.

She dreamed a world remote from all I was.

"Why was she lost?' She was not asking me.

I knew that there was nothing I could say.

She breathed and dreamed beyond our kisses' sphere.

My watchful night was her unconscious day.

Icould not tell what dreams disturbed her heart.

She spoke, and never knew my tongue was tied.

I longed to bless her but she lay apart.

That was our last night, if I could have known.

Now all I do is think how in the dark

She dreamed her question and we lay alone.