Nightmare

I saw you
and you saw me. 

I was wearing camo pants,
you were wearing a camo top. 

You were with a boy,
I was laughing with gals from work. 

You unblocked your blog after
and communicated for a spell. 

You were studying to be a doula,
all but given up on writing.

I wish I would have looked at you longer;
maybe it wasn't a dream. 

I wrote this poem sweating in my sleep,
and tried to get back to the nightmare just to see you. 

I wake up on July 4th 
and wonder if you had the same dream in Kentucky.