On Missing People

this is to miss:
wistful
for all you should have said before parting.
or liked to have done?
yes, that too,
before you parted.

if you didn’t recall
at all
you wouldn’t miss at all.
memories?
yes, that too,
once you parted.

hearts woven is to miss
but people are like that.
need I point out that
the thoughts of times
when you were most together
now come
when you are most apart?

but you wouldn’t miss if
you weren’t still together
through space and time.
do you recall?
if you were really apart,
if you were REALLY apart,
your hearts
wouldn’t miss each other
at all
since you parted.

so take heart:
we’re all in this
together.
missing is purely
long distance union
when you’re parted.