Dreams and Reality

Every morning when I wake
Your name crosses my mind.
There is a thirst there that I cannot slake;
Seeking an emotion that I cannot find.

Here I lie stuck in my head
As constant thought nurses my obsession.
Simpler it would be were I dead
But my heart is in your possession.

Hopeless though it has proven to be
I cannot bring myself to stop.
So desperately I wish you’d see
That on my list you’re the top.

In my dreams we’ve built a life
Full of comfort, love and laughter.
But the reality cuts like a knife;
You won’t be my happily ever after.