How do you miss someone you've never seen or touched? If your eyes haven't held them in your gaze, can they not then be missed. If you've never held this person in your hands or let your skin calmly rest against them, Can you not miss the feel of their touch? If you've never heard their laugh and sighs, can you not miss the sound of their voice? If I do fully experience all of these wonders, How much harder will it be for me to experience it's true absence. How much can a heartbreak over something it never had. Do I get mad, Investing all of myself in something, I've never had? Having my heartbroken by a Phantom, An ideal, A dream I'll always wake from, A vision that is merely a mirage, Maybe it's okay to hang my head in the clouds for the high, Before the inevitable fall, But I believe it's worth it all, If I don't put myself in a position to be hurt, I'll never know how much I can love. Or how much I am capable of loving, Being open to love in all it's forms, Is a blessing and burden.