I cannot speak the words 
to convey how much 
I miss you. 

That would 
make it real. 

Heart-slashing misery
has displaced 
a sultry burn. 

My thoughts are 
still full of you,
craving just...
One... 
word. 

Through tears,
I see in the mirror,
an emptiness, 
where there once was 
a part of you. 

My tears will never
fill that emptiness. 

The void 
will torture me 
for as long as 
you're not there.  

© trinket 2017