Missing You

Missing you hurts like an old infected wound or burnt lips under the desert sun Missing you kills like a fish out of the sea or a bird fallen off its safe nest from the top of a tall tree Missing you stretches like the winter dark and frozen nights or a pregnancy that has gone terribly wrong Missing you drains Hope out of every and each second of life It mocks me publically whenever I smile Missing you goes deep like an arrow thrown from a knight’s bow it tears down the flesh till it reaches my bone Missing you is hard I am learning to live with the ghosts from the past They chase me in darkness and stab me in the back when they’ve got a chance. Missing you… Rahy March 14, 2016