unattainable

I dreamt I was the moon

you were the stars

I chased across night skies

you were the fantasy

I slip into each night

I was the pauper yearning

for your touch

but like the galaxies you

were unreachable to my hands

forever eluding my chases

then one night I dreamt

I was the sun, you was the sea

that I shined upon each sunrise

and kissed softly at each sunset

this too was just an illusion

of my mind, for you will

always be that unattainable star

- This poem was inspired by the line "I dreamt I was the moon" in the poem entitled "Full Moon" by Alice Oswald.  You may read the full poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/49193/full-moon-56d22b0c02d2e