I Search for You

In the darkness, gone forever

Photo by James Kovin on Unsplash

I search for you, I do not dare

to think that you may have gone forever; what would I be, a simple man, alone infinitely.

I look for you, you are not here.

I cannot find you anywhere I gaze, so I bury myself in another book, and turn the page.

Why have you gone, when might you return?

Must I now earn your gift, once given without a cost; how was it so recklessly lost?

In the darkness, I walk through mist.

I call you in my mind; I know I cannot find the path, through this place, alone.

In the darkness, I sit and rest,

consider the many hours your voice has kept me company; we shared a life between us, greater than time.

I wait in secret, and hope for your coming.

There is little else to do; why waste my effort on dreams and plans, that only distract, and cannot resurrect meaning?

As long as it takes, I will be still…

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