In His Dream

In his dream, he calls her
out to their yard. It's night and it's mostly dark and he sees
a blue disc of light in the sky,
they watch as the face of the Earth like a full moon slides
across the slight hook of the crescented moon.

They know this is once
in their liftetime and grateful for it.
For each other.

Next, a small group congregates on their lawn. They're talking,
he's feeling separate. Awkward.
His next-door neighbor asks why he doesn't vist more,
why they don't spend time together.

He says to her 'I'm socially awkward,
I struggle a bit with depression'. She says,
'Jesus, You're 34, now.

Get over it.'