WITHOUT YOU

Where have you been?
I've waited all of my life~
Hoping one day you'd be there,
never dreaming it would take so long!

So late~~too late?~~too sad.
To find you NOW is bittersweet
in it's irony--cruel in it's timing,
But still~ thrilling in its very existance.

How was I to know- without you...
the meaning of tenderness?
The joy in the tiny gifts of life?
The warmth of being held~
like a precious treasure in your arms?

How was I to know- without you...
going back to my world
would now feel so bleak and empty?
That the missing part of you...of me..of us~
would follow me here?

copyrite@2000sbierly
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