Missing You

Your sweater lies draped across my chair

Sky blue, an effortless appearance

In an unassuming neutral environment

I feel pure softness extend

Reach out, drifting across the air

Vibrations of memories

Stroking my cheek

With fresh tears anew

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Resting in languid serenity

Its softness calls my name as if

Awaiting my touch

Always reminding me of you

Warmth infuses my heart and

Memories flood the recesses

Of my mind whilst

Vivid recollections invade the soul

*

On these rainy, dreary days

I pull your beloved sweater from the chair

Wrapping its softness securely about me

Your lingering, sweet scent

Envelops my heart

An illusion of comfort

A smile suffuses my face

I dream you are beside me

*

Whispers and echoes of love hover

Swirling

Bringing comfort

Evaporating waves of long abated intimacy

Lightly, gingerly, I caress the softness

Tears fill my eyes

Memories invade

Taunting reverberations of deep desolation

*

How long since you were here

I’m left with this mere essence of you

Miniscule reassurance is mine

I muster a smile amidst the arduous toil

Wrapping me in the soft, blue mellowness

Temporarily, life abounds with renewed peace

A resounding, overwhelming renewal

Comfort

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Endurance emanates and lends a hand

Of calm, impending reassurance

Flowering from the softness

Of what was yours

Despite your absence

This piece of you remains within reach

A profound reminder and a promise

A wondrous love filling our eternity