I Miss You

I MISS YOU I I miss you,My Dear, Oh! My sweetheart Whenever you stay away from me: Color of life fades, being apart. When together, me frolic and free. Whenever you stay away from me I lose interest in my routine. When together, me frolic and free, gaining vigor: What I say, I mean. I lose interest in my routine, not to see your face at early dawn. Gaining vigor, what I say, I mean: As soon as you appear, sloth gone. Not to see your face at early dawn I become inactive, lethargic As soon as you appear, sloth gone. I rejoice turning energetic I become inactive, lethargic without you: With you I am alert. I rejoice turning energetic. I miss you, My Dear, Oh! My sweetheart. 02/21/20 'A Rhyming Pantoum of five stanzas Contest by L MILTON HANKINS