Today I heard from you, and that is not unusual
I read your e-mail along with four or five others
Sitting in my office, a casual break from my day
But what was different was the tear that broke
From my eye as I read your words and began to cry

I know not why I felt so sad, yet I was sitting all
Alone, David had just brought the coffee in, then he
Disappeared like the steam rising from my cup.
As I heard the door close too with a bang, it seemed
To shut me off from the outside world …and you.

A combination of factors each remote from the other
Intermingle suddenly and conspire in sweet simplicity
To evoke a feeling deep inside of anguish and despair
The second that the door closed I knew you were not here
But I held you in my hand, in crumpled paper form, and cried.