How can I dream of you
   When I can't find the will to sleep,
   Nor the way to quiet
   The heartfelt intensity of passion's thoughts 
   You stir in me?

How can I dream of you
   When my eyes refuse not to stare...
   When I'm sleeplessly
   Up at the night,
   Staring into dark
   And vacant air
   Above my restless head.

How can I dream of you
   When my inner ear keeps hearing
   Your close whispered confession,
   "I love you," and thus hearing,
   I find my rest
   Driven out of the night
   By the excitement those words inspire.

How can I dream of you?
   Indeed,
   How can I dream of anything else?