Lost

I am left

With only your shadows

And your shadows

Are not you

They are

Cold I

Cannot hold them

As I hold you

Hot against my skin

Heart pounding towards mine.

My hands are empty

They cannot grasp

Your loneliness

They are empty

Touching only your absence.

Just when I thought

I'd found you.

My love sits

Sweltering in my heart

Trapped

Yearning to be free

To run to you.

Where are you

Do you remember me?

There is still magic

Trying to escape

My fingertips

And touch you

Keep you safe.

Somehow my heart keeps beating.

My hands claw at my chest.

So lost am I without you

I want only to retreat within.

--6.3.14