{"id":2118,"date":"2011-07-16T10:26:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-16T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T20:35:07","slug":"lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I dreamed about you\u00a0last night<!--more--><br \/>\nand in the dream<br \/>\nwe were in a restaurant<br \/>\nwith some other folks<br \/>\nand I asked you<br \/>\nfor some stupid reason<br \/>\nif we were still\u00a0in your house<br \/>\nand I felt the mistake<br \/>\nand the shame\u00a0immediately<br \/>\nfor your eyes darted<br \/>\nand your smile got nervous<br \/>\nand you said:<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t know, ha ha ha.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd the others we were with<br \/>\nthey looked at me\u00a0like<br \/>\n&#8220;Shut the hell up!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;What are you thinking?&#8221;<br \/>\nand<br \/>\n&#8220;Geez!&#8221;<br \/>\nI tried to explain myself<br \/>\nbut instead just said:<br \/>\n&#8220;I have to go now.<br \/>\nI have to go but first<br \/>\nI need to use the restroom.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd you<br \/>\nyou wanted to use the restroom, too<br \/>\nSo you followed me out<br \/>\nbut I was so eager to get away<br \/>\nthat I walked ahead a little fast<br \/>\nand realized<br \/>\nafter I ducked\u00a0into the blue and white tile<br \/>\nof the men&#8217;s room opening<br \/>\nthat you might already be lost<br \/>\nSo I came back out<br \/>\nand sure enough<br \/>\nthere you were<br \/>\nasking some\u00a0nice young men\u00a0dressed in hip-hop fashion<br \/>\n&#8220;Is that the ladies room, there?&#8221;<br \/>\nSo I took your arm<br \/>\nand I guided you<br \/>\nnever wondering how<br \/>\nyou&#8217;d get back to the table<br \/>\nonce you were through<br \/>\nBecause it was just a dream<br \/>\nand your face was<br \/>\nyounger,\u00a0filled out,\u00a0and made-up<br \/>\nas I haven&#8217;t seen it in years<br \/>\nBut I know<br \/>\nin this waking reflection<br \/>\nthat the scenerio isn&#8217;t too far off the mark<br \/>\nand as I think on it now<br \/>\nnot walking away this time<br \/>\nit fills my belly cold<br \/>\nand\u00a0reminds me of the time<br \/>\nwhen I was five or so<br \/>\nthat I got lost from you<br \/>\nin the Greeley mall<br \/>\nand was convinced<br \/>\nI would never see your face<br \/>\nnor hold your hand again<br \/>\nOnly now<br \/>\nyou wont come out from behind a pillar<br \/>\nand stop my tears<br \/>\nBecause now<br \/>\nI really have lost you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-indent:100px;margin:5px 0 0;\">cae 7-16-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dreamed about you\u00a0last night<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[285,286,264,284],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-alzheimers","tag-dementia","tag-family","tag-mom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/lost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I dreamed about you\u00a0last night\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coreyshead.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/16\/lost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"coreyshead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coreyaedwards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-16T17:26:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-30T20:35:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Corey A. 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