Love Poem: You Are Not Him
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Written by: Jayne Eggins

You Are Not Him

move me past 
these words 
stroke my face 
as you transport me 
on the tip of your
tongue, directed,
everywhere 

there is nothing 
but the fall
to your arms, 
no softer
arc to land,
or port for 
this storm 

without you 
I am mindless,
restless flesh, 
twitching 
an immitation
at life, 
in the longing 
of this separation

I have devolved
to a whisper
of darkness,  
and as I pick 
at the frayed 
threads of shadow
I watch the stars, 
ever dim

for I know 
you, are not him