Isolation

My body is chilled without your heat,

Skin crawling with the loneliness I feel.

Aching to feel you wrap yourself around me.

Unable to stand the presence of anyone who isn’t you...

Hiding myself away in my bed..

Huddled in a lonely ball under the sheet.

Needing the feel of your chest beneath my cheek

Your soft kiss on my forehead...

Telling me I’m safe.

Feeling so frighteningly vulnerable

When we are apart.

The shield of your arms not here

To protect me from what hurts...

To quiet my mind.

Your store-bought scent covering my body but, 

It isn’t the same without your natural scent behind it.

Burying my face in the pillow

And letting the tears silently fall

As I long to just sleep...

Waking only when I can hold you again in my arms.