I have this little place in me

that will always be alone.

No matter the circumstances

-the outside world,

or anything given to me-

it will forever be there.

It’s that part of me you can never touch.

Never be healed. Never feel redeemed.

A place so isolated from the rest of my life,

it keeps me hungry, destitute-

it’s a fragment that lacks belief.

Don’t try to heal me, or know this place;

this longing need keeps silent.

Without this solitary eclipse that creeps into my life,

I could never find any kind of peace.

This curse cuts me deep.

Penetrates my soul.

Reveals me. Liberates me.

The one place that keeps me from being whole

-is the one place you cannot reach.

Without this lone embrace,

my life, your love would be meaningless.