(contributed by Solstice)

The Missing
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Smoke
A flame
Symbol of my desire.
This signaling to bring you home.

Afar, I burn.
Hungry and longing.
Cold, but not alone
Yet lonely without presence.

Wanting and waiting.
Speaking through electric touch.
There but not, even still existing.
My heart aches as time grows.

Am I wrong to feel this?
I love so much.
I love more than the image of fire.
Fire consumes and leaves waste.

I love unlike it,
As I consume fire to leave beauty.
But it rages in my soul.
My body burns to be with yours.

My mind races to thought and want.
I want to be with you...physically, wholly.
Quench this fire with your touch,
Forever shall our beauty remain
Long after this ink and these words fade.
Long into etwenity.
For now, I sleep.