To touch your hand

I will not touch your hand again

Your body is gone from me

And I have accepted this loss

But still

Sometimes

I miss you

And I remember the times we connected

My heart is then a river swelling

With that longing

While my mind knows

This pain must be borne

For now I am alone

There are those we love

They come and go

There are times we need the touch

Of someone we love

But instead we lie

Heart breaking in the silence

Holding the memories

So close to us

There is a way to be with this

For what we have loved will pass

And yet the bittersweet memories

Of love remain

Especially today

As I recall all of the love that flowed

Between our souls

Each time I touched your hand