Half Of My Heart <3 (free verse)

Ice-cold, so still, and dreaming
Closer to touching the ghosts than the living
I think of you. As my mind has taught
Itself to do. Over and over-
You left but a fragment of time ago
What, hours? It seems like eons, so
Long, too long since I heard your voice,
Saw your smile. Too far away; with every mile
I seem to lose more hope. The inner warmth
Is fading, like a breath on a cold window pane
All that lingers, all that remains
One half of my heart. Jagged-edged, aching,
Waiting for your own to heal it;
In vain. Half-empty......

Love is all I know; it scares me
That I can't remember life before you
Came along- gave everything a meaning
Reason more for breathing, seeming
Like my world revolved around your every move
A satellite. Over and over-
They say that this can't work, but I
Believe, in spite of pain and doubt
Das Schicksal. Perhaps to my detriment
I wait and wander on, down the path that I have chosen, your photograph in hand-
Too late to change, irrevocable,
Like the seasons; dynamic, inevitable,
I will wait for you. I will wait for you.

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