your place is empty

 the space i held for you in my heart 

a vacuum where love once could not be contained

a body waiting for your return, filling with light at your sight

a mind that knows we’d never be what we needed us to be

a knowing glance as we dance around a fire only our souls share

while others stare and wonder what it is we know 

a moment where we swallow the pain

enough to carry me through another day