Free verse: Freely give

I miss you

So much so that

Yellow isolation gowns

Become my only comfort

Slipping on the sleeves

I close my eyes

Pretend

Your arms are wrapping me

Into that safe place

Where I know

Beyond a shadow

Of doubt

That

I

Am

Cherished

So know that when

I push you away

It’s because I care too much

Not because

I care so little

Or because

Of you

No

I love you

So much so that

I will hide my love away

Pack it tightly where

There is no

Air

And while

My heart starves

While my skin blanches

And I grow

Thin

I will know

That you are free to live

This life you chose

And it will give

Me joy

So

This is love

That you would give your

Life, hope, dreams,

For another

Person