A strong pull,
seemingly out of nowhere,
and I’m off again;
gone in an instant.
We play a dangerous game,
you,
me,
and the universe,
each begging the other,
just to say
as we were
for one more moment.
I can’t believe I even have to say
the words that have been ringing
in my head.
I would have hoped that you
could read my thoughts,
or see them on my face,
if nothing else.
It never gets any easier for you
to have to try to satisfy yourself.
I am gone away,
in the night;
ghosting you
over and over again.
One day,
one of us is going to wake
to find the other there
and the world alright.
I can’t beg the universe anymore,
or ask any favors of you.
Close your eyes.
Don’t watch me go.
Open them when I return.
HG – 2020
