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Missing you

10/19/2013

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Missing You

I peg washing on the line

No boxers flaunt themselves between fluttering lace undies.  

I roll around your side of the bed just

To make wrinkles matching mine.

Pristine smooth linen shouts out your absence.

The floor on your side of the bed lacks its mat of newspapers and

That blown bulb leaves the corner of the room in shadow.

I even watch an NRL game, just for the familiar sound you understand,

But your fist pump “YES!” as your team scores is deafening in its absence  

and

I draw the line at kick-boxing.

The blood, you know.

I never can stay in the room while it’s on.

Shopping is quick and I carry my week’s groceries upstairs in one go. 

Cooking for one holds little appeal,

perhaps it’s just apathy.

My internal calendar counts down the days, day after day after day.

Who knew a week could last a month?

Nights though—an old clock ticks the million seconds you’re not here ,

Each tick a heart beat listening for its echo.

Silence.

There’s no Aphrodisiac Like Loneliness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTytRwUfHg

What are the signs you’re missing someone special in your life?

 

3 Comments
Kate Belle link
10/20/2013 08:45:53 am

Such a beautiful poem Suzanne. Love how you've captured the every dayness of a relationship. I see now why the link to the Tiny Letter moved you so much. He'll be home soon. X

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Susanne Bellamy
10/20/2013 09:36:41 pm

Thanks, Kate. I was surprised when I saw what I'd written but it's the little things that make a relationship, and these were things that highlighted for me his absence. Three weeks to go, and counting...

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Iris Blobel link
10/24/2013 09:04:37 am

This is so beautifully written, Susanne! Nearly made me cry ....

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