NAUGHT


There has been nothing without you
though I've tried to deny it.
I've tried to defy the fate that's been left me
in your wake
but there's been no wake.
There's been no aftermath.
There has been nothing
but a gray background
with a gray actor
and gray direction
through gray days.


There has been nothing without you
today
and every day
since you've been gone
so far away.
Well, an occasional rhyme I've been able to say
in the time I've been gone
but it hasn't been enough.


I have been alone too long.
And though I'd said
"I've been with you too long,"
one of these statements in true.
I wish I could show
there's been nothing without you.

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