The Sight of Someone You Love Who's Going Away

For I love you so
I feel in my heart and 
in my throat
tugging at the roots of my soul -- oh!

I've never been good at articulating 
how I feel
original thinking 
never came naturally
but now I look at you and I see
myself, in what I've 
seen you as for so long
and I finally 
understand

I would see you sitting
head in hand
and beg myself
what are you thinking of?
you would look at me 
with condescending eyes
nothing you would say,
nothing

Maybe it is because
I am your age when I 
met you
or maybe it is because
I am now not so malleable
that now I know 
what nothing is. 

1/18/21
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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