{"id":1148,"date":"2017-06-04T18:28:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T23:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=1148"},"modified":"2017-06-05T08:37:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:37:45","slug":"the-angst-of-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2017\/06\/04\/the-angst-of-separation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Angst of Separation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I woke from a slumber that seemed to be a hundred years or more, <\/span><\/p>\n

As I looked across the landscape I wondered what else was in store, <\/span><\/p>\n

I walked the desert sand as heat waves created mirages unfit to drink, <\/span><\/p>\n

Heat of day penetrated my soul so deeply I found no way to think, <\/span><\/p>\n

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As I stumbled across barren soil made mostly of sand and dry dust, <\/span><\/p>\n

I saw an angel in the distance that begged me on across earth’s crust, <\/span><\/p>\n

So shapely of form ”twas the angel” yet my crusted eyes barely saw, <\/span><\/p>\n

Soon I had to crawl as I was weakened of thirst and my throat was raw, <\/span><\/p>\n

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As I laid in heat I dreamed of the angel and realized she was of you, <\/span><\/p>\n

I awoke to find raindrops falling to form small puddles of rain and dew, <\/span><\/p>\n

I sipped of many puddles until I had my fill of the miracle of desert rain, <\/span><\/p>\n

When deep in the water’s reflection I saw a man aged and filled of pain, <\/span><\/p>\n

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He sat alone in a place that seemed to overflow of a memory once held, <\/span><\/p>\n

Staring at empty squares of the spaces where photographs once dwelled,<\/span><\/p>\n

Clean spaces on an aged wall awaiting Kilz to overcoat a good time past, <\/span><\/p>\n

That thought saddened my heart to think of how quickly a lifetime is cast, <\/span><\/p>\n

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When within my mind I felt a tug that summoned my heart to a place, <\/span><\/p>\n

My speeding heart announced your image as it does upon seeing your face, <\/span><\/p>\n

Am I in deep reflection or is a reflection from the deep all that I can find, <\/span><\/p>\n

Have I passed through the ages or have I wondered to you from the blind, <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I feel the angst of separation I once knew from a time that seems long ago, <\/span><\/p>\n

As I depart the chains of loneliness fear creates sensations I use to know, <\/span><\/p>\n

Will time be of such quantity that I might fulfill dreams now that I’m near you, <\/span><\/p>\n

As I ponder and stare in absence of strain I’m unsure now what I should do, <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Suddenly I see elephants that seemed to wave goodbye with their trunk, <\/span><\/p>\n

A trumpeted sound from deep inside those beasts made me feel drunk, <\/span><\/p>\n

What does it mean I wondered to my now intoxicated state of mind, <\/span><\/p>\n

Startled at such a sight I awoke to find slumber had created the find, <\/span><\/p>\n

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“Are you okay?” delivered me unto you with a startle I cannot describe, <\/span><\/p>\n

How often have I dreamed of you and awoke with words I had to scribe, <\/span><\/p>\n

My recently repaired heart was pounding hard against my breast plate, <\/span><\/p>\n

The sound of your voice has ignited love’s desire into a powerful state, <\/span><\/p>\n

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The beauty of your eyes in morning light ignites more within than just lust, <\/span><\/p>\n

Childlike wonderment fills my heart as my aura is suddenly forward thrust, <\/span><\/p>\n

I feel the essence of who I am engulf you as we truly meld momentarily, <\/span><\/p>\n

Awake, once again I’ve escaped being the missing photo no one can see. <\/span><\/p>\n

The end.\u00a0 For Patti by Pat. I love you baby.\u00a0 May 9, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I woke from a slumber that seemed to be a hundred years or more, As I looked across the landscape I wondered what else was in store, I walked the desert sand as heat waves created mirages unfit to drink, Heat of day penetrated my soul so deeply I found no way to think,   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1148"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1149,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1148\/revisions\/1149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}