The Touch and The Thought (poem)

The world spins about,

Reality faces the Dream,

The close friend versus

The beautiful stranger.

Convince me

Love and Reality are one,

Or let the other win:

Love as powerful imagination.

Teach me

To let my heart beat for Real,

Or let it lie still:

Love lies in the brain.

Show me

The loving touch of another,

Her warmth filling my soul,

Her fingers running through my hair.

Dream's touch is cold,

Like that of a ghost,

But she promises everything

With her distant gaze.

It's strange

To think them at odds.

Like Fire and Ice,

Opposites but not quite equals.

The coldest cold

Is that which lacks heat.

The hottest heat

Is the most extreme abundance.

I have always loved Fire,

And hated nothingness,

So somehow...

The Real outweighs the Dream.

-Zero