Absence
your absence is as substantial as your presence
it breathes it wails in the dark tears cascade down
it abandons memory the comforts for home warmth and safety
it is openness without boundaries the desert of loneliness stretches
as far as the eye can see it curls like a worm in the core of your being
forever hungry it consumes you leaves you empty
like an abandoned building waiting too long for your return
demands payment hides itself from view springs when least expected
equipped with claws sharp teeth and one glaring eye
which never closes watches the clock notes the hour
stretching minutes to unbearable lengths uses subterfuge
plays to win devours all that is before it without warning
returns regularly you have no weapons you are defenseless
July 11, 2016
12 comments:
So true. Absence which has no boundaries is surely a monster!
Oh that is such a despairing absence....and one we are defenseless against.
It is good to think we thought a little the same - especially the abandoned building - you reminded me how loud and demanding absence is...a beast indeed
Ha, the first response to the prompt that I wrote, and didnt post, said much the same - that I had known death would come, but not how huge a presence Absence becomes. There is no comfort for such an absence.You have expressed this so well.
Yes, sometimes absence is as substantial as presence....it has a heaviness to it that cannot be lifted. It consumes you and leaves one empty indeed. Absence indeed plays to win & sometimes does!
Wow, that absence is surely a powerful presence!
Gosh, this is so very vivid and intense.
"your absence is as substantial as your presence" how true! and we are defenseless...so deeply touching....
Absence and presence,both amount something. Here it is vivid.Nice.
That first sentence is so profound. To think about it is really weighty....sometimes a person's absence can actually be even more substantial than their presence ever was. Really thought-provoking line, Annell.
Oh yes absence is that hollow
Much love...
Much about anxiety, is much about absence.
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