When You Are Gone

When You Are Gone

I sometimes wonder

Where it is you go 

You are here

And then you disappear

Absent from sight

But not thought

You retreat somewhere 

Only you know

Like the hollow place 

WithIn the centre of the forest

Somewhere in the middle

Or yourself

Always venturing deeper

Unafraid of the dark

More welcomed by it

This sanctuary beckons

For your return

And in these absences

You find yourself 

Changed 

But all the same

I miss you

When you are gone

I cannot wait

For your return

Words: ©2019LCR
Image: CCO