The Longest Nights

Tears stain my pillow

As every cell of me aches to

Feel you near me

Hear you breathing

Know you are there

But I know you need the space

You need see how you feel

I have learned my lesson

Long ago

That a man needs time to

Seek his heart

Walk his path

To rescue his future from

His past

And getting in the way of that

Leaves you left in the mud

Bleeding

I must return to Love

While I wait

As I cannot give what I

Have not cultivated in myself

First

In the longest nights

Where sleep evades this

Tired soul