Can I hold you?
Just for a minute.
Now that I know it's you
after all this time,
all that space.
I need to feel your body,
experience your smell,
hear your breathing,
taste your skin.
It has been over five years
since you left.
Again.
I've cried,
trembled,
tried to fill
that piece of my heart
that is you
and failed.
When you wake up
and walk out in the morning
do I have to fear
you'll never return
or will I
be able to hold you again.
It has been over five years
and I love you more now
than when you left.
It has been over five years
and I thought about you
every day.