can the
void
be filled
with substitutes for the
love
i seek
in lieu
importance placed
on the inanimate
one way
desire
that will never give back
though not the purse
nor shoe i seek
rather
the drive
the road
a new scent to drape
my clothes
tongue so
tied
by euphemism
expression now a tangled
mess
longing to talk
now talk too complex
distance ever greater
still
