Tuesday, August 6, 2024

what you wish for 2014

 

be careful about what you wish for

the old adage says you might get it

and be sorry

and if you lose it you're sorrier still

and still ache to have what

you almost had

 because it is so precious

 not just the closeness

or the tenderness

but the deeper intimacy

 the intensity of something

 so potent it leaves you empty

when it is gone

the lingering of a feeling

you can't recover from

worse don't want to recover from

 her look, her sound, her taste

all part of something that stretches

out beyond the five senses

she being the one being you know

 you'll never encounter again

 and those who lose her

who struggle over the loss

 realize just how special it was

when those who don't pine

who give it no second thought

 don't know what they're missing


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