I didn’t lose you,

Misplace you carelessly,

Like a set of keys or

An earring back.

I know where you are,

Where you lived and you died.

I have traced a thousand paths,

Believing in my pride

I could have kept you, if only for-

That.

I carry you still,

Biding your time until 

We truly must part-

My grief is a throbbing

Emptiness,

Hammering in place of your heart.