Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #182
Why Aren't You Here?
by Belinda Roddie
Why aren't you here? It's lonely without you.
I live in my tiny office now. There,
although I have a lovely city view,
I feel like I'm lost in a dark nowhere.
It's been six months since I last saw your face,
and two months since I visited your grave.
Occasionally, I walk to the place
where we first met. I have our pictures saved
and printed in scrapbooks I keep beside
the couch that now serves as my bed. I hear
the phone ring. I know my mother has cried
as much as I have. Why are you not here?
I don't care how death works. I want you to
return to me so I can marry you.
by Belinda Roddie
Why aren't you here? It's lonely without you.
I live in my tiny office now. There,
although I have a lovely city view,
I feel like I'm lost in a dark nowhere.
It's been six months since I last saw your face,
and two months since I visited your grave.
Occasionally, I walk to the place
where we first met. I have our pictures saved
and printed in scrapbooks I keep beside
the couch that now serves as my bed. I hear
the phone ring. I know my mother has cried
as much as I have. Why are you not here?
I don't care how death works. I want you to
return to me so I can marry you.
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