~ Consolation ~

The dark descended upon me

before I even realised it was there:

longing so scorchingly painful

it literally tore my heart apart…

 

I stretch my hand out to the place next to me

where you just lay

- a second,

a minute,

a lifetime ago -

and it goes void in me:

empty…

 

I have a soft goodbye kiss on my lips

to go by;

to carry as torch

through the grey gloom of day.

 

I never could understand

how such a small amount of time,

could transcend into such pain -

an ache só deep…

 

Remedied only by your warm embrace,

being cradled in your arms -

your heartbeat beneath my ear;

lulling my soul to peace:

 

I find my solace

in your sweet love.

 

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