Why I was crying

I cried and he touched my face
As the tears trace
Down his jaw
It was what I saw

He made me shed tears
Show him my fears
Only more violently
Insistently

My sobs made him shudder
When we could not utter
He saw the dove
Over and above

I felt like I was falling
As the pale bird was diving
I look at my beloved
He was all I loved

Why was I crying
I was not dying
I was so animated
I was elated

And he was breathing
Holding me unyielding
I was no longer descending
Nor was I rising

I was with my adored
I could not be bored
I could not be sad
I could not be bad

It was the present
And not the descent
The countryside was bright
Filled with his light

And then my reality
Was torn apart
As I awoke
So near yet so far