I need to hear your voice

nothing I could say...
nothing I could write...
nothing could explain the hunger -
  the emptiness I feel
    without you...

I need to hear your voice
  to feel again...
I've become a lonely poet -
    words to describe
  what I thought I was.
  what I have now become.

I need to hear your voice
  to be again...
I've faded into nothing
    but a pile of emotions
  hungers for your kindness
  thirsts for your presence.

my heart is on the floor
  trampled under...
my tears soak my soul
  with the frustration of loneliness...

I need to hear your voice
  talk to me...
    please talk to me.

- Jon Johnston


© Copyright 1998 Jonathan E. Johnston


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