Inspired by the Song "Thought of You" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBk3ynRbtsw

I woke up and

Wished that I was dead

With an aching in my head

I lay motionless in bed.

I thought of you

And where you’ve gone,

And the world

Spins madly on.

My sweet man

That man whose heart

I so wanted

Whose touch

I longed for

Whose kind eyes

Whose sweet, sweet face

All, distant,

Away from me

Never.

Never at all

Anything to do with me.

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Thinking of you

As you lay on your side

Head cradled

Look up at me

As I softly walk

Away

Wishing for your arms

Reaching,

Something you did in the dark

Once

As I loved you

But never because you

Loved me.

I feel the slash

Of your absence --

White hot at

The memory of each piece of you, back then.

Dull aching like

A past blow to the temple --

As surely as if

You being gone

Were here today,

My reality.

I know it is coming.

I watch the stars

From my windowsill. The

Whole world is moving

And I’m standing still.

(2013)