the way i was

i must have fallen asleep
after we touched and kissed and made love,
i must have fallen asleep
for i dreamt that we were one in a world of twos.

troublesome twos,
two pennies for your thoughts,
girls who are twice as nice,
and boys who are two and twenty.
early morning conversations till two o'clock,
and one-by-two coffees.
wallpaper that comes with second thoughts,
and light grey bedsheets for two bodies
that shall merge; but never become one.

yesterday someone told me
the story of him and her.
when she asked him
why they cannot be married
he answered,
marriage, my dear, is the union of two souls;
and how can we marry, my dear, when we are but one.

this is a story of the way i was.
i was a two

and now i am the one.