phantom friends

I awake from a time when a half-forgotten friendship had turned into the blossom of romance. A real life former friend and neighbor sat troubled in my mind. And as dreams are apt to do, this one brought us together, and for a few confused moments, we kissed while I slept. Something about her wounded nature pulled me in; whatever situation I was able to project upon her seemed to make sense at the time, but waking up I'm left to wonder why so much energy went into a vision of a person I no longer see.