Today, like all others, I began without you
Still that chore of gratitude, which grants
Survival never means lived to its fullest
Sweetness mixed with bitterness, this forbidden wine
Drunk and gratitude for a life
One I’ve never chosen
Only choosing what the best be done
I’m given long enough without you to
Determine who I am before distracted by
All your good enticing and encouragement
Leaves me so dependent on your heart
While all the leaves and earth beneath my feet
Leave me so dependent on the ground
Gravity and yours will sling me
Far in Outer space so distant from reality
If all I ever wanted was your hand in mine
I’d never hold another for the rest of time
In darkness and cold, I lose the density
Once given to me freely by your gravity
And earth will for a moment be so good to me
Instead, it leaves me anxious with you gone
Instead, I become anxious with you here
I’m trapped between two worlds for all eternity
Your hand wrapped close in mine so clandestinely