Tom Rutherford Poet Free verse

Yearning

So close
and yet so far
Close enough to throw a stone 
and mark your door
Yet as far away as the moon

To be in the ecstasy
of your view, your touch, your smile
then be plunged into the abyss
without you in it
is more than I think I can bear

My positive self
says it is only for a time
My heart so fears otherwise 
To see the sun 
then have the clouds take it from my view

Will
this cruel, cruel life
mock my passions,
throwing them to the ground
And trample them like leaves on a path?


TLR 8-2-17

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Sunlite Wanter October 31, 2017 at 12:21 PM I can feel that longing... Tom Rutherford October 31, 2017 at 4:33 PM Sunlite, Thank you for taking the time to comment. Sometimes I get lucky and actually manage to use these clumsy things called words to get feelings across. I enjoyed your "Up In and Among the Clouds".... very nice!