By Micki L. Bailey

I find myself needing you desperately
When you’re away from me
I form questions and observations in my mind
That I want to ask you or tell you
And it’s after I’ve formed them
That I remember you’re not here
And that’s a sorrow --
To have those formed thoughts hanging
With no one to hear them
Cluttering my mind
I spend my life, it seems
Waiting for you to return
Anxious and unfocused, biding time
And then you’re here
Filling up all I can see, hear, feel
The sadness is as chilling and horrible
As the happiness is dazzling and splendid
I’m so selfish
Because I miss you utterly
At the expense of everything


September 9, 1994



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