Without holding you too tightly?
I cannot cage you,
Keep you from living,
Tie a burden to your dreams
To be without you,
However,
Is to be a song with
No melody.
A piece of me leaves with you,
And as I feel the ache of its emptiness,
I pray you sense and
Take comfort in its presence with you.
I wonder if you leave
A piece of yourself
Here with me?
Age 19