dreamed about a woman last night
attractive, playful, teasingly fun
a fun dream that ended too soon
dreams about women are the
closest I’ve come to being with
a woman in over ten years now,
the longest I’ve ever been without
a woman in my life –
mostly by design
mostly by not caring to play
any games or suffer any heartaches
mostly because I didn’t want to
be with younger women who
flirted with me when I was in
the work force over a year ago,
that some old men might have
considered gifts from God
but with age and acquired wisdom
I see the futility of
relationships with women
decades younger than me
that I’m old enough to be
a grandfather to
perhaps these dreams of women
are a subconscious need manifesting
itself in my dreams once in a while
perhaps in those dreams the
repressed romantic in me is
aimlessly seeking love
Bob Boyd