Pools

i have no words.

it pools inside me.

you are not here.

something beyond words

beyond language

beyond talk

something missing that can not be filled with sound

something loud that can not be muted by silence 

something quiet that can not be drowned in noise 

a ringing in my ears that never ceases

chest both overflow and void 

thoughts that never stop yet lead nowhere

then somehow always take me back to you

you strike me like lightning and

you’re not even here.

you take me down 

time and again and then 

go on your way

aren’t i anything for you ? 

more than a three time fling ? 

more than a girl easy to forget ? 

don’t i spin around in your head and make you dizzy? 

don’t you wonder what i’m doing right now without you? 

why doesn’t this distance eat you up too ? 

it swallows me whole and 

i’m living my fear:

you’re still not here. 

you’re just across the border 

where i’m not allowed to go  

i can see you 

from a distance though 

a dot on the horizon 

that i once loved 

that i still do

the further you are 

the harder the pull

you draw me in then

full on disappear 

you’re eternally not here.

sometimes i wonder

is your purpose to hurt me? 

then i can, what? 

be strong? 

it’s such infernal bullshit. 

suffering is suffering,

and i endure it when you pull shit.

i eat it, and i’m dying

try to bring us back to life, 

i’m trying 

but endlessly it’s clear

you are not here.

and it pools inside me 

and i have no words 

meow