Love Poem: Absence
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Written by: Christian Howes

Absence

You put up all your walls 
Surround yourself with solemn stone 
And hope your voice's echo 
makes you feel a little less alone 

Your absinthe tinted eyes
Try bravely to appear fair 
But nothing fey or otherwise 
Dilutes the spirit of despair

You find me in my sleep
This stranger that I knew so well
Entombed with you behind my eyes
With this as heaven, who needs hell.

You're still inside these rooms
I watch you stand at every door
My heart and mind can't reconcile
That you're just not here anymore.