Gift.

Sometimes it aches so intensely

I feel I will die

And it isn’t scary

Because the longing in my belly

To touch you

Kiss your cheeks

Lace your fingers through mine

The dread of a repeated realization

That you are truly gone forever

Is too much to bear

Almost

For I am still here

Holding this burden of grief

Of times long past

When our days intertwined

And the warmth of our bodies

Created a gift

That will never be returned.