Eyes closed as I lay,
I wish you were here to stay
yet fear envelopes my aching chest
and I worry that I'll never
rest beside you.
So I lie awake and count the breaths I take,
each one feeling wasted as
the only piece of you that lingers
is your
absence.

My mind is stimulating presence in me knowing that absence is present.
Stay absent.
Your absence should be present for your presence is absent.



- LynnAA

The earth turns into the sky of night
Lamps like stars in lustrous into glow twinkle bright
Homes are brides in splashes of light
Children lit up crackers in mighty heart

A rocket springs from ground to sky
Soars high in eagles flight to Zimbabwe
They roar and sing on their lips
Hidden somewhere for his golden eve

The banana trees on every doorstep
Girl with flowers ready to greet
Pulsing hearts of love on every guest

Through clouds of smoke last a fear
Sound breaks our peaceful slumber
We don't spend our money for the poor
We must learn our ignorance next year

Goddess of wealth blink from heaven
Glides down to earth with divine bliss

Light is life brightening their clouded sails

Swollen  clouds of passion
once  crashed* across my face
and Fires flared from friction
everywhere your lips did trace

our Chilly fingers sought their shelter
deep in the spaces inbetween
But these spaces,        now            so              spacious
have wicked the warmth from what I mean

And I,
the only audience to your absence,
unable to exist
For you stole from me my *reason;
the anticipation of your kiss.

You got used to my absence.
My absence doesn't affect you.



- LynnAA

There has always been you
There has always been me
There has always been us

Every smile is
Every tear is hidden behind a Band-Aid heart

at a certain time and space,
the density of absence
threw me off my axis.
i felt like atlas,
bridging the gap between
theory and praxis, text and world.

© Matthew Harlovic