his heart yearns for hers
with every passing moment.
he longs for the day she
returns to his arms.
they talk on the phone each night,
yet that’s what breaks him most.
able to hear —
not feel.
it tears him apart,
suffocating his heart
as it did when he first left.
a constant ache —
being in love but not together.
it gives him time to think —
a daily experience he has come to loathe.
afraid of communion with his thoughts,
spurring an addiction —
an addiction to anything that will
distract him from his sadness.
t.w.