He was closer than

A lover, a part of my

Soul I could not live

Without and yet we

Could never share

The same space for

Long, invisible

Filaments connected

Us wherever one

Roamed, two bodies

With one mind

Talking for hours on

A hundred topics,

Closer than two

Should be, bearing

The same brand for

All to see until that

Day when he quietly

Slipped away, tearing

Me open as he took

All I had given on

His journey to the

Stars where he

Dreamed to be and

I can feel him waiting

For me to arrive one

Day soon.

By Gail Constable

From: Canada

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