I suggest trying an UNrhymed sonnet. Treat the sonnet like a little snapshot. Maybe even look at a photograph. Try really mixing it up use phrases you find, fragments, description, questions, factoids etc. She imagines him with his hands among dishes Or carrying the frail grandfather to the hospital.
Inflection changes meaning.
Tracing his eyebrow with her finger. In her dreams he is trying to tell her Something. Why static appears in motion On a screen. In truth he's halfway Out the window. Air has been known To distort making the horizon Bluer than it actually is.