He comes to me in my dreams
                        She comes to me with her dreams
                                                They come together sans dreams

the shadow man, my lover
                        the shadow lady, my lover
                                                in the shadows, they are lovers

faceless, voiceless, unknown, unreal
                        elegant, lyrical, familiar, surreal
                                                passionate, gentle, poignant, ideal

he touches me with fingers
                        she touches me with visions
                                                they touch the empty places

charged with passion
                        laced with longing
                                                becoming whole

arousing in my sleeping form
                        arousing in my lonely heart
                                                creating for their hungry souls

sensations and longings
                        emotions and demands
                                                memories and desires

that follow me
                        that follow me
                                                that welcome them

into waking
                        into dreaming
                                                into being