Standing in plain sight
Contemplating next steps
Unanswered questions
Left to self devices
Faint remembrances of togetherness
Unified in passion and purpose
No recollection is beyond reproach
For images of what once held attention
Now are residually empty
Transient echoes
Heartbeats
Warmth
Tenderness
Fixation now serves preoccupation’s bidding
Electing to transform closed wounds to open scars
Emotional neglect prevails the atmosphere
Harboring fragmented promises of trust, loyalty, amd compassion
You may escape its initial orbit but one cannot clear its pull
Black holes are not solely found among the constellations
We find them in the hearts and lives of those who still seek completion
Some suggest that absence makes the heart grow fonder
Others experience false senses of hope as proclaimed in fables and shallow love songs
Transient echoes