Melting

For a brief moment
I ceased to exist
As I traveled through the dark to a time
I once knew well
The piano played on
And the waves washed over me
And all that mattered was that dark room
And the soothing voice
And the tranquility that flooded over me…
But I was jolted back in place
Against my wishes
And the peace I felt slipped away
So I flew to a meadow
Where the flowers are exquisite
And the grass is soft
And laid in the arms of my lover,
Who stroked my cheek
And played with my hair
And looked at me with those loving eyes of his.
And as the calm started to ease its way
Back through my bones,
The music stopped,
And I returned once again to these feelings
That eat through my flesh
Like death itself.