Away

Away

I miss you precisely because

I can't see you

so my imagination plays

upon what I do know

Butterfly strokes

You push the water away

palms and feet pressing outward

away, away, away

Your mind pulses with the thoughts

you push

away, away, away

the loneliness that we share

is precisely why I can't see you

but I know each breath you take

each gasping inhale

each grasping exhale

Arms open wide
like butterfly wings

I long for your embrace

as you push me far

away, away, 

away...

Angela Minard 2014©