one lack luster leap
the abyss
looks so lovely in moonlight
do you think hope owns wings
to fly the weighted heart
the rest of the way
across this chasm
to where it longs to be
warm and safe at last
in the flicker of your
tender eyes
there sits so much space
why, I think I'll move my soul in
and become maid to your blood
butler to your every breath
I so miss you holding me
closer than your own skin
I haven't lived one real minute
since our separation in May
physically I am here
but in truth I am gone
happily absorbed into you
an ecstatic hostage
right beneath your rib cage
until cloudy now
are my sunny thoughts
inconsolable my every tear
God hears me crying
so in his great mercy
he sends his angels to tell
me to have faith
soon
I feel I will be in your arms
the determination of your own
amazing will
presses me on
assuring me that
somehow
our lover will prevail..........
(written Jan. 14, 2002 1am)