Absence

I know deep down that you are there

but I cannot feel you in my heart

I cannot feel you next to me

the wonderful peace I feel when you're near

is absent, a hole in my being

I cannot feel anything

other than the fear coursing through my veins

your absence steals my breathe

there is a whole in my soul

And then in the stillness

Your voice whispers to me

“I am here, always.”

*Note: I am not following the topics/style suggestions for NaPoWriMo (mainly because I am too lazy to do so)