where are you now, love?
I need to feel you here.
letters each week
uncertain you're safe,
please say so.
don't tell me the terror
that haunts your every day.
invent sunshine for me.
you'll be back soon, right?
no worries..

do you remember?
upon quiet return,
don't treat me like the past;
let's find a way
into the lukewarm unknown.
the future is daunting
but it's okay, right?
no worries..

don't you feel it?
a worn out passion clings
to fabric stretched thin over two cold years.
my cautious hand
your hardened affect
I swear you were ticklish..
a dull, prodding regret
exhausting, heavy
it will get better..
you'll be okay soon, right?

right?
..