I feel you near

The soft cascade of your breath

Caressing across my lips

Like the gentle touch of silk.

My heart aches to see you

My hands longing to touch you

The maddening silence

Of your absence.

Your ghost dances through my mind

Smiling, laughing,

God, if I could only hold you

Just one more time.

My throat raw from begging

Bargaining, pleading

If only for one more chance

To tell you I need you.

Darkness presses in,

The weight of our cotton sheets

Restraining me, holding me tight

In the bed we once shared.

There’s no point in fighting

Closing me eyes only brings me closer

Closer to the edge

The never ending precipice of sorrow.

I have struggled so long

Grasping, grappling

For the frail strands, my only link

To sanity.

I hunger for the freedom,

The peace that will only come

If I just let go

And fall.