Dream Seen from a Window

Like waking in the night
Lost in a familiar place,
I watched red curtains billow from inside your window
And looked across to faraway rooms,
Their walls paneled with undreamed forests.

There, walls invite the slender trunks of trees,
A secret green light into their corners;
There, limbs are flashing
In the darkness.

I wondered what that place could be, but never knew,
Never wanted to wake to know
The way I saw it half-hidden.

And I pleaded:
Don’t reveal yourself to me now.
Stay undivided, even if it’s a dream –
I’ll never want to know if I’m woken.