Missing

Missing

Phantom fingers in my hair

Gently sliding down

A slight touch

Deftly caressing

Longing for what cannot be had

The barriers are too high

The cost, too much

Could the world suffer your loss?

Mine would be no heartbreak

Not even a blip on the radar

Separation is good for the soul

Or at least

That is what everyone

Seems convinced I need to hear

What is your opinion, love?

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Purgatory

She wears him like a badge

An honor to be boasted

A feather in her crown

For a queen she surely is

Never a hair out of place

Or a word that is misspoken

She never does anything

To make a person frown

I can’t find fault with her

And trust me I’ve been looking

I understand her pain

He’s always on my mind

But who can compete

With runway gods and models

I’ll have to look for love

Down here in purgatory

Us sinners in the real world

Must keep among ourselves

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Poems ***

For many years I hid my heart

And sheltered it from ache

If only I had waited more

I would still have one to break

You dropped in unexpectedly

Like a whirlwind in a storm

My life began to open up

A meaning began to form

Possibilities seemed endless

The world began to flame

Suddenly reality

And no one else to blame

Can a tree grow in a desert?

Or man survive without clothing in the cold?

We need nourishment to feed us

We need love to help us grow

Without the right environment

It is no good to plant a tree

Without the right equipment

We are as good as dead

But give us the proper stuff

And humans thrive on challenge

We fight to live

We grasps at straws

We live

We are