A Poem For Anne

I saw your loneliness,

I lived it in my life,

I felt it in my soul 

just like you;

And now, we have freedom

to know and to love,

like anyone else;

no longer bound to the pain

of missing you in my heart,

of the emptiness in my soul...

The driving force of the Void

who is no longer laughing

as she has lost her teeth...

let her gum reality as we celebrate

the finding of each other.

And now, I celebrate you

and me, I celebrate us

as we have grown in our growing

closer, walking together...

Know this: I love you.

Let every day bring you 

a white flower.

No longer bound to the emptiness

and laughing with each other,

I squeeze your hand

and we imprint because 

we are in love 

and no longer lonely.