Counting the Days
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99 days and counting
You are the stars above
constant and lovely
beyond merely distant
you are transcendent
89 days and counting
You are the moon
circling serenely
a face I know
but always beyond my reach
79 days and counting
You are the sunrise
warming my skin
filling my eyes with your light
gone before I can hold you
69 days and counting
You are the wind
caressing my cheeks and brushing my hair
touching so tenderly
but untouchable
59 days and counting
You are music
a rhythm familiar but new
that finds its way to my hips
and makes me sway
49 days and counting
You are just out of reach
the ache in my hands
the unmet twist of my fingers
the absent warmth on my palms
39 days and counting
You are the taste in my mouth
sweet and savory
portions taken ravenously
dripping from my lips
29 days and counting
You are the whiskey in my blood
hot in my throat
pulsing through my body
anticipation leaving me drunk
19 days and counting
You are my unsated desire
each bone and every fiber
incessantly cries out for your presence
and languishes in your uncompromising absence
9 days and counting
You are my madness
laying waste to reason and restraint
a perfect storm of love and lust
eclipsing all else
