A lonely feeling
I don’t really miss anyone in particular
At least not at the level of awareness
Maybe there doesn’t need to be a personification of loneliness
There could just be a hole in my heart,
One that no longer aches
But has yet to begin to heal.
A grieving that is ever-present
A grieving for what?
A long hoped-for relationship?
Something from long ago that is unresolved?
Out of reach, inaccessible, unidentifiable,
Yet so real?
There is one I will miss
That will bring a deep loneliness
A long marriage brings forth another presence
One beyond and outside either one of us
Yet in us together
Sacrament
Oneness
©2022 Thomas W. Cummins
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August 28, 2022 at 5:52 pm |
Pretty deep…it must be difficult to find words for what is in your head and heart.
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August 29, 2022 at 4:24 am |
I have no words to fill the hole in your heart, only my heart of understanding and hope for your healing sacrament.