Can I Just Say...

... That I miss you...
Can I say that, I tried to find a picture of you
to pick me up, but
all it did was put me down
and not even the emptiness
of my stomach,
that passed the past 24 hours
unaided by a meal,
is strong enough to counter-act
the way I feel, when I finally see you
and think about the look in your eye
that maybe I was once,
in some way,
responsible for-
and the blood rushes around my head
and heart like a gyroscope.
Can I say that, I woke up early
but slept in late, because
I had nothing better to do
but hibernate and hide away.
And don't you know,
that these days I give up everything
to a cause so much greater than myself
but that I can't explain.
And yet, for all I happily give,
I just can't quit holding on
to a memory of your love.