…no reason to stay

I have a hunger
that once moved an ocean
we two surrendered
to the ebb and flow
rode the waves
both high and low

then the winds
bore you away
and I am now
an empty boat
no reason to go
no reason to stay

filled with only memories
and the gnawing pain
of your absence
the waves still rise
and the waves still fall
upon the open seas
of my sorrow

the moon still glows
and the sun will shine tomorrow
my heart still beats
and my blood still flows
but I am a deep well
of emptiness
that can never be filled

a dark mirror
without reflection
from which my hunger
ever echoes
© Ann Bagnall