Black and white letters stare back at me.
Failing pathetically to convey
Everything I want to say
That desire, to feel your arms wrapped so protectively
Shielding me from the miseries I’m faced with now today.
How can I explain how I scream out your name?
Wanting to believe you’re in the other room
Though we wish on the same stars, stare up at the same moon
I long to melt into you like a single flame,
As we did all those warm nights in June.
Sometimes I fear the depth of emotion I’m capable of.
I’m terrified of my own soul;
My feelings grow out of my control.
And I cry til it hurts because I’m that much in love
That without you here, I don’t feel whole.
I cling so tight in my silent desperation
To every scent and song that makes you seem near
As though my effort could somehow make you appear.
Our memories help me survive the separation
But they don’t hold me and kiss away my tears
My strength is devoured every night apart
But I’ll wait even as I grow weak and frail.
I’ll remain long after your ship has sailed
Watching you fade may break my heart
But in the end this love will prevail.
I will walk to the end of the earth
Bearing each moment of the partition I hate.
Remaining still until my bones disintegrate
Through my hunger and my thirst;
Because you, my love, are worth the wait.
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