Longing

Tangled breaths of water nymphs
Waves’ incessant moans
Intertwined in endless
Ebbs and flows
Nothing satisfies let me

Stay let me go
Neither food nor
Sleep comfort wordless angsts

As if words could
Soothe nameless yearnings
Yes but no

And what if
The heart longs for
That which exists not
Aches to give
That which it has not

Neither matter nor
Space ever widening
Can separate or join

Soul’s vital flaw
Nothing satisfies

©2009 Dosia McKay

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