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i reach for you   of course

you're gone 

sadness remains   i suppose it always will

also radiance   yours   within me

it never goes away

i don't suppose it every will  

i have more smiles for you than i can count   

i may love you more

than when we had each other

when our fingers reached to touch   just to be sure   

maybe depth of love

cannot be known in the present

only in retrospect   when fingers reach  

without touching

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it's night   you're far away

you'll never see this  

i'm thinking of you   remembering  

writing to awaken details   so i can remember   vividly    

scents and sensations  

gestures   movement   sounds   completion   smiles  

every word brings you nearer

until you are here

beside me   on our bed   reading and writing    

reaching and touching   casting aside books and paper

with a sweep of hands  

rolling   tumbling   loving the night away

words can do this   are doing this  

then it's quiet   i reach for you    

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