Time heals all wounds,
Or so they say,
Yet here I am,
Years after we parted,
Still hurting
And longing for you.
While the initial pain
Has dulled,
Somewhat,
And I have managed
To move on,
To have
Other relationships,
I still find myself
Thinking of you
In unguarded moments
And wondering if
I will ever again know
The sheer joy
Of finding
The other half
Of myself
In another human being.
I now understand
What drove us apart
Could never have been
Surmounted,
But for that brief time
So long ago
I caught
And I tasted
A glimpse of heaven
And it has not only left me sad,
It has left me
Greedy.