Missing

Missing

you're missing.
it has been
days since
I've last
heard from you.
the line is smooth
the water is stagnant
the hands on the clock
no longer tell me my
purpose for the day
and

you're missing.
your voice has
disappeared from
my memory banks.
i think you are
robbed away, it's
not possible that
i don't remember
your easy smile
anymore...

you're missing.
that familiar laughter
I cannot recall.
not a sign, not a note
nothing to leave me a
single thought-
where have you gone?
you're missing, I know
you are, and now
the halls where
I walk everyday
seem ancient and empty.

you're missing...
my heart has grown cold
neglected by your warm hands
nothing to assure those
troubled voices in my head
nobody to kiss me goodnight
nothing to decorate this
graying cracked nothingness
nothing to set the phone
ringing and no reason for
me to pick it up anymore

you're missing...
missing...
missing...
missing....