A Brief Passing

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I only just lost you a month ago,
Yet, here you are in my dream.
Over my shoulder and into the foreground,
"Is that you?" I thought.
You turned as if you heard me--
Question answered by a smile--
Then faded into my background
Just where you'd always been
For the past twenty years,
Apart from this brief passing.