Dead wait

I have carried you in my heart always

My heart is heavy with yearning for you

 

I reached down into the cave where you lay

Delicate, fragile and lifeless

In my loving, grieving grasp I found you,

I tried to breathe life into you

 

I held you tightly until you became part of me

I shared my life, my love with you.

 

You are in me, of me, with me-

You are part of me, most of my feelings:

 

You are me and I am you

We are two in one, we cannot live apart!

 

Once I determined I would let you go;-

My yearning draws me always to that place of farewell

 

I carry always your dead, gossamer body in my heart

My heart is heavy with yearning for you.