
Alice Godber
I Dreamt About A Stranger
I dreamt about a stranger
It wasn’t you
It was someone else
We never speak
I hate seeing this figure, why can’t it be him?
You are always just out of reach
I dreamt about a stranger again
Every time I think
Maybe... maybe it’s you
But it never is
I hate having these dreams
Always the same
I dreamt about a stranger once more
I can’t see his face
But i‘m always so sure that it is you
Maybe for a second, it is
The back of your head, your posture, so familiar to me
But it’s not you
And I realise, I have just dreamt about a stranger again.
By Alice Godber