I do 
miss you 
us two
we three
love life
and laughter 
all is
quiet now 
no giggles 
glee or
guffaw just 
a hollow
a gnawing 
knowing that 
something was
there before 

Hidden away 
my heart 
a secret
kept safe 
from eyes 
behind smile 
it waits
shy it’s 
been lately 
like curious 
fish under 
bridge uncertain 
it ducks
and dodges
liking to 
be seen 
not touched 

I am 
there said 
the spirit 
to the 
man never 
away or
gone for 
long for 
when I
am I’m
talking to 
another on
your behalf 
rest assured 

Lonely comes
from a
sense of
percolating importance 
the idea
that one 
has something 
to offer 
alone comes 
from a 
sense of
calm humility 
the idea
that one 
has little 
to offer 
besides a 
place on
a bench
or beach 

I have recently 
discovered how truly 
unimportant I am
that this life
I have led
means very little 
and that this 
is most valuable 
this right here 
and right now 
and all that 
which came before 
truly means nothing 
I’m a ghost 
who will appear 
when it’s time 
and never before 
or ever again 
for they don’t 
have not or
ever really will