Chasing Shadows
When I need you most you are not there
When I’m crying, fighting with life and grief
When I’m hurting beyond the touchable
When I’m wounded in the unseen
When I’m weary and desolate
You are not there
To ease the pain
To comfort me
To heal me
To share with me
Yet,
When I dream
When I find peace
When I wake
When I try to forget
You are there
When I breathe
When I admire and compare
When nature’s beauty confronts me
At the most importune times
You are there
Yet overall you are not there
Yet present
Your spirit and soul touch me
Yet your physical presence deserts me
Why?
Copyright © Norah Natty Maturure | Year Posted 2012
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