reach

 

~

 

i reach for you   of course

you're gone 

sadness remains   i suppose it always will

 

also radiance   yours   within me

it never goes away

i don't suppose it every will  

 

i have more smiles for you than i can count   

i may love you more

than when we had each other

 

when our fingers reached to touch   just to be sure   

maybe depth of love

cannot be known in the present

 

only in retrospect   when fingers reach  

without touching

 

~

 

it's night   you're far away

you'll never see this  

i'm thinking of you   remembering  

 

writing to awaken details   so i can remember   vividly    

scents and sensations  

gestures   movement   sounds   completion   smiles  

 

every word brings you nearer

until you are here

beside me   on our bed   reading and writing    

 

reaching and touching   casting aside books and paper

with a sweep of hands  

rolling   tumbling   loving the night away

 

words can do this   are doing this  

then it's quiet   i reach for you    

 

~

 

 

 

 

 





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Written on 2016-09-15 at 08:37

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Kathy Lockhart
These are so intimate and loving. These poems, that are letters that you allow us to read, over your shoulder, are almost divine in nature. I mean, it's like coming upon a situation where you quietly back away so as not to disturb or interfere. This is Beautiful.
2016-09-17



The feeling and the longing in this poem is so intense, yet so calm and resigned. It made me want to reach for her to read this, to react and reach back. So wistful and sad and so lovely.
"reaching and touching casting aside books and paper
with a sweep of hands
rolling tumbling loving the night away"
I can see this. This is you.
Ashe
2016-09-15