my mind offers memorised wisdom

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder 

yet 

I demand my heart to grow 

stronger, filling 

the gaping cavern in my chest.

your Absence 

bends my ribs towards where your body 

was, my heart longs for the mornings 

of two days past where

you’d hold me gently 

kissing consciousness 

into my messily braided hair. 

my body is starving

without your bodyheat 

drained and suffocating on Absence 

I crave you 

the one I can’t have 

counting the days in heartbeats until 

I might feel the warmth of your 

touch again.