Far Too Long

A tripod reflected on windowpanes,
Like something left behind you can’t ignore.
A chance you should find that still remains.
Search now for the wonder, unknown before.

Like leaving little hints beneath a rug,
You are distant, though part of me forgets.
Every time I walk I feel you tug
My wishes release, but my smile upsets.

With every memory my spirits spin
But then I fall as I remember now,
That the days change and even nights give in.
It has been far too long and that is how.

Such fabulous desires so premature.
Like those half grown leave hidden far away.
If things were different I would know for sure.
That I would brighten, and you’d be here today.

Hold tight and tell me again what you said.
In your presence I feel I am in place.
My candles are melting away, I dread.
If only to have that one embrace.