A Field of Poppies

When I tell you I love you 

I can’t explain 

How much it means to me 

When you tell me 

You love me too 

What is this that I feel 

This pain of losing you 

I ache to be close

But I am afraid

I am afraid of the distance 

Could it be fear in love 

I am leaning right into 

what I once dreaded

Just the thought of you and me together  

Often brought me to tears 

And now I cry that we’re apart 

It hurts that you’re gone 

I miss you

Is this the killing 

Is this the healing 

All over again 

(10/02/23)