Solace
A Poem

Absence makes the heart
Forgetful
And the soul snuggle
Contorted
Into the comfort
Of a coiling fugue
Passion extinguished
Charred
And the soul exhausted
Crushed
Under the weight
Of biological defeat
I move my fingers
Hesitating
And the soul flickers
Yearning
For the touch
Of smooth tatty keys
Stilled strings
Vibrate
And the soul awakens
Understanding
How only you
Can give me solace