There's a place

There’s a dark casting in my heart that leaves me lost

Each time I watch the last of your shadow fall, take a walk from me

It’s like you’ve been gone, but you remained to taunt me further

Reminding me that, you’re here, yet there.

There, that place I could never reach you, that far space where my thought travel

To visit you, hoping that you would recognize this shape you once knew

But, I could never reach you there.

There’s a dim light that dances in my eyes, when I see you show up

When the distance between us, isn’t measured by the last dreams

And the future wish, but, by the now acts, winning ovation from the pushers

You here, bringing a flicker of hope, with the almost, nearly and closely brush

From your presence, gifted me in your smile.

There’s a song in my mouth, I’m still learning to tune

From melodies, conjure through your heart beat, thumped from the rhythm only you make,

One clap here, a sound there, mixed from your goings and returns that leaves me lost for lyrics

To make the gyration last. Yet, when this dirge surfaces, you turn it into a loud cymbal

Tuned for you and I only, to dance and waltz, less I trip on this floor.

There’s a want, only you can meet, as much as I yearn to fill this void,

Left sunken from your exit, a hole left desolate, bereft of your touch, smell, smile or kiss.

And my daily dream has been, that I may know your breath again, learn the scent of you afresh

To pervade this depth lost and shrunk in endless want, yearning for you to see me.

Through the times, we’ve both shared, hoping the longing is mutual in our hearts.

There’s a place and time only you and I can live, only us can feel, only our hearts can tell.