Yearning

This yearning
I feel it so strongly
when I am in the areas
where you also once
lived for so long
lately I have had to
go to these places
and here I feel your
presence imprinted into
the very air I breathe
especially at night
I can feel you so strongly
as if you were right beside me
but you are not
and then the yearning becomes
so overwhelming and I am flooded
with the memories of our love
it is then that tears are
springing to my eyes
and it is you I see
across from the table
talking and smiling
and it is you who I see
holding me close against your body
and holding my hand
as we walk down these streets
together