Lingering
The heart can only take so much
Before the desolation of the world around it begins to become its own demise
We love
And love again
And hope that this time it won't end
But the things which are out of our reach are those that we stretch out our arms for
Praying that even if only a finger can graze it
We can feel their warmth
But what good is a second, a minute, a graze
If inside the atavistic notion of affection has been lost in a sea of grey days
Perhaps we hang onto hope
Perhaps it hangs onto us
And it sits there in the back of our hearts
Lingering
This poem is about:
Me
Our world