When you’re gone
The air I breathe
Turns harsh
And cold
My frozen lungs
Pain filled
With every
Solitary
Breath
I take

When you're gone
The room and bed
I nest in loom
In darkened
Gloom
The air frigid
And shallow
Frightening me
With hollow
Echoes of
Lonely

When you’re gone
The nights lay
Over me
Heavy
Lifeless
In blackened
Silence
No comfort
To be found
Listening only
To the sound
Of time ticking
Torturously
By

When you’re gone
The world is
Stark
Unkind
Colorless
Blind
Viewed by
Glitter filled
Brittle
Green glass
Cracked and
Fissured
By sorrow

But you’re here
With me now
As I lay warm
In your arms
Holding on
Desperately
Your boyish charms
Sheltering me
From the
Rainstorm
Of tears
Predicted
Tomorrow

When you’re gone …

june 2008

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