i searched for you
in the shiny hopes and dreams
i'd buried deep beneath the ground
with my bare hands, i
dug them up
with my eyes closed, i
shaped something
that might look like you
it kept me good company, anyway
it was all i wanted
but you were not.
you burned through
my illusory image
so furiously intense
that for a split second
i was convinced
you were all i needed