asleep

I am asleep--
What was I dreaming?
Why did you wake me
Only to leave?


She is asleep.
I do not know that work
But it seems fitting.
Dreams are stories;
Stories dreams.


I should not be left alone too much
Because I slip so easily into waking dreams.
I should not be awakened
Because I sleepwalk too well.


She is asleep and all she asks:
If you wake her
Do not leave her.
Whisper in my sleep sweet stories;
Whistle in my silence silly songs.
If you wake me let me dream.