jasmine dream

the night is like a tree
a tree, with sprawling branches
one branch spreading over my balcony
another, surreptitiously lurking in your corner of the garden

the night grows deeper, 
jasmine blooms in your garden
and climbing branches, the fragrance seeps over to my house.

a sweet fragrant dream visits me
a jasmine dream, i smile in it
i tell you i do not want this night to leave

we let the night remain in my balcony,
while donning the cloak of night 
with jasmine memories, i go away instead

the jasmines still bloom
white, radiant and fragrant 
and i still smile in my dream
as one jasmine branch surreptitiously creeps over to your garden