Today

Today



I long for you to whisper your words of contentment
while I listen with a bloody ear.
In those brief moments when hearing your song
for a time existence feels right.

Time's come with your voice
when pain dissolves into absolution,
when I feel there is a place of mind.
Time's come through you where for a little while
I feel I am right and at home.

I have time to think for now
and I have purpose where before I felt there was none.
It is not time for embracing your welcoming arms however,
embracing your permanence.

For now I am to proceed without you
and this I intend to do,
therefore for now I embrace these moments with you
where I feel love and where I truly matter.

I live and will live with your song in my head,
on my mind it helps me to proceed while wearing a mask.
Tomorrow will come and with it you
but for now I am to live without you today.

--msl2024