I lie in an empty bed
While shadows flow around me
Your perfume fresh in my nostrils
The memory of your voice
Whispering in my inner ear
The words unspoken
The warmth of your feel
Consoling my heart
I have come to know your body
Intimately
Not from making love
But from memorizing
The way you move
A shoulder an eyelash
I know your touch
Not from your skin or mine
NO
Instead I watch you thread
Your fingers through your hair
Or slide your tongue across your lips
Once I watched you sleep
And whispered what I wanted you to hear
But you are far away and did not listen
Still sometimes you smile at me
Your eyes gently cross mine
In a caressing way
That’s enough for me
You burn like fire in my heart
I am like a passing cloud for you
But this cloud is filled with the love for you in it
Although I long to be your love
I long to be your woman
I know that I don’t have a room
Neither in your heart nor in your life
I pause to think of you each day
I dream of you each night
When I close my eyes
There come you with a smile
This soothes me telling
Even though we part
Your memories will fill
The rest of life in a gentle way
As you are.