I can feel you coming on

While at work
My mind takes a ride
Driving the highway
To where you reside

I’m coming to see you
When you’re not even near
Your hands to touch
And your voice to hear
And though my heart can tell you’re gone
I can feel you coming on

When I get home
My eyes can’t adjust
To a world full of me
And empty of us

The television’s blank
And the clock, frozen still
The hearth without flame
And the glasses unfilled
Fresh snow rests on the lawn
But I can feel you coming on

I know where you might be
And I could find you like my keys
But it wouldn’t do any good without the will
I used to hear you sing
every echo that would ring
Now all I hear is the wind against the sill

When I awake
I will try to pretend
That you returned last evening
And we were us again

Though the bed betrays the lie
And the lie denies all hurts
Between what used to be a blessing
And then became a curse
No other voice can sing your song
But still I feel you coming on



                                     -s.g., goderich-
Coming On
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