I﻿solation from you burns me like a branding rod

Somber and ever so dazzling in the moonlight

R﻿unning towards you only leads me to my own demise

A﻿crimonious and hostile, swallowing all those that float atop you

C﻿alming is the only way I would describe you, though

T﻿o love you and stay with you is the only dream that I peacefully sleep to

I﻿ yearn for you more than I can withstand, why must it consume me so?

O﻿cean waves so heartbreakingly beautiful, they tempt me

N﻿ever have I wished to drink and cry it all out as when I look at you, my love

Waves as seen from above, my arms and lens hanging out the window of a Cessna as we flew about taking aerial photographs of Iceland.

Matt Palmer

Longing

D﻿istant as always, aren't you?

I﻿solation from you burns me like a branding rod

Somber and ever so dazzling in the moonlight



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