I’m no stranger to aching
It’s no stranger than
breathing in
breathing in
the air
that hasn’t kissed your lips
that hasn’t brushed your hair.
And what hurt has greater gall than this--
what hurt could be measured,
could equal
the strain of
those
words of devotion murmured
into my whole
being
while
yet remains the matter of your
being there.
and enduring there.
I cannot write this poetically:
I cannot bear the thought of never laying eyes
laying hands on
you again.

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