Apart, Together

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Apart      
       
I toil for luxurious fleeting moments of romantic embrace,        
But the eye-blink joys we share only rarely outweigh        
The agony of dwelling so separately.        
         
I cannot resist the yearning in your gently whispered entreaties,        
Nor the hurt in your resentful haranguing.        
My absence compels your desperate alternations of kind and cruel.        
         
I yield to My Love,        
But will the joyful reunion of our ever-divergent personae quell        
The agony of self-obliteration?        
         
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Together        
       
I am here for you        
And you are pleased.        
You cannot be found.        
         
My love is here for you only        
And you are happy once more.        
You give your time to another.        
         
I sacrifice my skills, my goals, my youth        
And you expect no less.        
You chastise my weakness.        
         
I am here for you,       
But I am alone.        
I am no longer me.        
         
And I cannot find myself.        
         
I fulfilled your requirements        
And you loathe that I am not me.      
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