The Ever-present Absence

I can't hold you closer.

I've crushed the love we once had.

I have to let go, but I can't...

Without you, I am callous and clad

We once shared something,

A mutual respect from one to the other.

But I've grown too close for comfort,

And I know separation is the answer

I know you still love me,

But I no longer feel the passion.

Each day I can feel you falling away,

As I become evermore pale and ashen

Tell me to leave, let me go

For I can't bear to speak such a phrase.

So long you have been my world's center

Dreaming of you all of my days

I have a hole in my heart,

Caused by your distancing away.

A hole I thought only you could fill,

But you're gone, and I'm out of words to say

So let me fade into your past,

That we may part both as friends.

But I will never let you truly leave.

In my heart you shall stay, til the very end