Closer

I thought you weren't there

because I couldn't feel you

for the intensity of my circumstances.

   The feelings of your gentle,

   general presence were wiped away

   by the trauma I was facing.

      As I learn to read the story

      over again, I see you everywhere

      so close and surrounding me,

      especially when night's at its darkest.

   What I thought and felt

   as your absence was

   an intensity of presence

   for which I had no reference point.

"Trust" you whisper.

"Hold on, even when

you don’t feel me, because

I'll never leave you

or let go of you."

© 2015 Todd Jenkins