Shadows

Sometimes our eyes lock

And I see a bottomless abyss

Of darkness and despair

Mostly I walk away

But I don’t forget you exist

Those pools of darkness

Haunt my  being

I keep moving, trying to forge

A world deep inside, a world separate

A world far removed

But then, some fetters suck me in

I flail, I kick barely stay afloat

I pant, I splutter, I gasp…

The wretched phantoms

and the pools of darkness

now merely a murky shadow

then…

the ripples recede, the waters become placid

I sink into the illusory stupor once again

I breathe…

 Until…

 another stone is thrown in

Again, yet again…

Waiting...

its been long since I heard my name on your lips,

the sound of my name on your lips so sweet

so much love, so much fondness in your voice

just to hear my name again on your lips

that call in your voice

that love in your tone

to hear it again

the way you say it

the way it rolls off your tongue

the way your lips purse when you call

to see it

to hear it

to respond again…  

call me loud

call me clear

let me hear it again…

am still here,

where you left…