hold me

hold me

if but for a moment
fill an emptiness,
lately, ever present  

a void
a sense of loneliness
vulnerable

I’ve skipped the stone in the stream

walked the path in the woods
listening to the birds

witnessed the wonderment

of a silhouette fly into a crimson sun
winked at stars of night
waved good morning to the
waking golden eye

for this I am grateful

solitude is my friend

and reminds me of
how small I am  

this emptiness,

ever so salient