My heart aches for you

To the depth of my soul.

My desire to help you,

Protect you, save you,

Reaches across worlds

To embrace and comfort you.

My heart aches for you

To stand in place of you

And fight the demons

In your life

Instead of you, defending you

In your nightmares too.

My heart aches for you

To the core of my being,

To an inner state I never knew

Through

Which the very air I breathe

Tortures me

In my love for you.

Categories: Poetry, Selection: 2010 - 2015