Absence

Absence

By Muriel Palanca



Your arrow, my compass, our centers entwined

Bound by the forces nature designed.

Fools of the same nature with the very same fallacies

Forced to find meaning in divergent galaxies

Despite all our boundaries, two hearts are made whole

Yet left separate halves of the same tortured soul

But where in your absence am I to reside?

To what point on earth does the sea meet the sky?

Come close to the edge without fear of pretenses

Disregard consequence and let down defenses.

This wish not yet granted but I know it is right

For we are just stars in this obsidian night,

Looking at earth and all the things we could be,

Like a couple holding hands that should be you and me.

When will it come for our time to shine?

Your celestial radiance burning with mine

Together, forever, the eternal constellation,

A love for all time and the end of creation.