Where Are You?

I haven't slept very well lately,

thinking of you,

and wondering

why we're not together.

I lie here in your bed,
    a candle flickering

from a nearby chair,

your cat watching me curiously

    from across the room.

But ...

where are you?

I need you by me

to touch

and know that you're there.

Instead ...

    I only know emptiness

    in your bed

beside me.

Your pillow unused,

even by me,

waiting patiently for your return.
But my patience

        is not like your pillow's.

I can't wait.

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