A dream came to me as I listened to the rain and started to fall asleep,

I wondered aloud in my sleep is this a dream or a story to make you weep,

So tenderly you laid your beautiful head upon my chest as you slipped away,

Your eyes of hazel looked into mine as you whispered, “thank you for this day,”

The many times I had cheated death and you were taking your final breath,

So ironic this was happening yet painfully sad it was not mine but your death,

I’d never felt so much anguish in all of my life as I felt my chest tear apart,

My love is forever, long ago I made you a promise and I gave you my heart,

As many times as I’ve been hospitalized the odds were it would happen here,

I’ve passed on in this hospital three times, there’s a heaven and hell it is clear,

To see the bright light above as you speed to the light is a joy you know by now,

I screamed for the doctors when you passed out, they must save you somehow,

As I stare at your profile I hear the monitor and I tell myself you’re just asleep,

My loving you has been a gift and I swear it is something I’m going to keep,

So many things you’ve given to me and I know you’re here because of me,

Your trip to the store to get a treat for me has ended in a horrible tragedy,

Your sweet heart has been pierced not by Cupid’s arrow but metal of my car,

I know I will miss you desperately but I will see you in my sleep from afar,

The only words I can think to say, I love you, I’m so sorry, I’ll love you forever,

My surgery is scheduled and I must go now perhaps I’ll see you in the nether,

As they roll me off I watch you on life support and it breaks my heart in two,

Remember me, my angel, have no fear of loneliness for I give my heart to you,

I pray the prayers of a patient about to go under again for the fiftieth time,

I told you I would have at least one more because it can’t end on forty-nine,

It’s funny about surgery because you remember going into a deep sleep,

It’s a sleep that is actually wonderful because you feel it is a sleep so deep,

I pray for you, oh how I pray for you and I tell God that I gave my heart to you,

God understands, I’m sure, because He created you and He loves you too.

I wake and I can’t move as I feel a machine breathe for me as I knew it would,

It’s difficult to breathe and each breath is forced, I’d take a deep breath if I could,

I motion for them to move me into your room and this time the nurses are here,

You’re awake and smiling at me as you tell me they found a heart and it was near,

I said we were a perfect match, a perfect match is what they were looking for,

The concern on your face is showing as you notice I’m on life support once more,

Today I will prove my love to you because this day I officially give my heart to you,

It is my heart beating in your chest, my beautiful angel it was the only thing I could do,

As I woke from my dream I realized I was dreaming of the reality of this day,

I felt the extreme anguish I’d felt so long ago when Uncle Sam called me away,

I made the doctors try to keep me alive so I could see you wake once more,

Now you know, my hazel eyed beauty, that you are truly what I am living for,

In a decision of love I give you my life and I give you the heart beating inside of me,

Long ago I gave this heart to you, and today there’s no doubt I love you completely,

I will be with you forever my angel and I will dance with you until each day is done,

I’m fading away my hazel eyed beauty, I’ll love you forever, we now beat as….one.

The end, a sad but beautiful dream I had.  I love you baby.