Avatar Dreams

by Jennifer Mahoney

I spring upright from a sound sleep and 
Emerge from your dream -- Into my reality. 
How can this be possible? 
You do not exist.
 
Yet, you dream as I do. 
Not of electric sheep, 
But of hopes and aspirations. 
Yearning to become more.
 
You are no longer just a hollow shape  
Formed from the ether; 
You are aware within me --  
Or is it I, aware within you?
 
I suppose that depends 
On whose world is real -- 
And who is to say which. 
Or if it even matters
 
Whether I live out my dreams in your world 
Or you dream in mine. 
We will never be apart again. 
Maybe we never were....