UNREQUITED
Cheryl A. Townsend
There is a man
who wants to be forever
Aches to be just now
Pines at being then
Holds memories in one hand
my absence in the other
and reunites us
Eyes closed
to keep the pain
from shattering his dream
as it has
so much of his life
Alone
with a love
impelling
There is a man
I know his name