Away / George J. Dance

Away

Away again, I'm missing you
And when I'll see you, I don't know.
I really don't know what to do.

I seem to see you for a few
Mere seconds, but then – poof! – you blow
Away again. I'm missing you.

Another night I must get through.
My thoughts meander to and fro.
I really don't know what to do.

I doodle or I write haiku,
Prosaic scraps I have to throw
Away again. I'm missing you.

I could watch "Captain Kangaroo"
Or "Friends" or "Simpsons" or – oh no,
I really don’t know what to do!

I need to stay alive for you,
Come back to you, and never go
Away. Again, I'm missing you;
I really don't know what to do.

~~
George J. Dance, 2007

from Logos, and other logoi, 2021

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George J. Dance biography

Bert Kaufmann, Loneliness, 2008. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.