,

Lonely If Only

When the missing you

Is going beyond

Any hormones, delusional, fantastical,

Fictional

Imagination

Manifestation —

And yet, with certainty —

I know what I know.

I know what we promised.

So I wait.

And I wait.

And I scroll and I see you,

In your costumes,

From far, far away.


I can see but I can’t touch.

You can read but you can’t respond.

And it’s happening both ways.

I know.

I know you’re following

My socials too — click, click,

Click.

I just post random shit even

My coworkers from thirty

Years ago get to view.


The silence in my heart

Once I asked to breathe; I had

To smell the absence of you.


Curtains drawn.

Silence in the night.

Neighbours with their YouTube

Low hums and some birds

Outside.


You’re my Phantom.

Lurking in this Love.

Magnetic.

Unwavering.

Do I want a baby? Yes. But only

If the timing is right,

With You.

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