Just a dream

You Old Salty Dog

You invaded my dream last night.  
All our offices vacated–at the same 
time.  You were off to your lakefront 
cottage.  We promised to see each 

other soon, bring the children 
for a kayak session.  I could feel 
your lingering hugs midst the clutter 
and tears behind my closed door.  

–Todd Sukany 24 Dec 2021

I like it very much, as it is.
Love the last line.  
It can be read on more than one level.  Nice.
The closed door.... reader can do whatever he likes with that.

Pat

Thank you.  

Did you have any logic/location trouble in following the Narrator?  

Where does the poem take place for you as a reader?

Todd

I was thinking "office". Two men, leaving one another. But I guess it could be a man and a woman.  Promising to see one another with children.  That's what I personally did with it.  I guess "lingering hugs" could be interpreted other ways.  What if you did not have s on hugs?  The s makes it sound like there were many hugs.  That would mean "more intimate".  And it's a closure of some sort. A sadness....tears.  

I sort of thought about you and Mark.

Pat

Thank you.  You could be more correct only if you would have added Linda in the huggings.

Bless you and mucho gratitudo

Merry Christmas to you and all yours

Todd

is what led me to think singular and male.