Phantom Pain

I miss you in places

I didn't know I could

The left side of my body

Feels chillier than my right

Like a flower that moves

To follow the sun

I turn towards your absence

Unconsciously

The air feels fuller there

It has a presence

A scrap of you

Left behind

My head feels heavy

I used to rest it on your shoulders

On times like these

You used to hate the weight

The memory of it makes me smile now

The French phrase it perfectly

"Tu me manques",they say

"You are missing from me"

Like half of me is lost

Has drifted into the ether

And I stumble where I expect to walk

I fall where I expect to stand

You are my phantom limb

A missing body part

I miss the comfort of you

A wordless assurance

I miss your voice

The way it feels like home

I miss your grumpy,sarcastic self

All the ways you make me laugh

I miss your intelligence,

I miss you.

©regen_voda