That we miss one another doesn’t go
unsaid but as easily could. I squint
until I can make you out from the glint
on your glasses. Half on your side, you slow
a rush of a day down to the remote
roll of lethargic waves. What it all meant
slides now as you home in on the gentle
and show me so much I already know
about the days ahead. Your voice is low
and soft, neither near nor far off. The screen
is one of your woodland walks as you lean
towards me, as close as distance allows,
and we do what we can. You’re still glowing
long hours on, unextinguished in my mind.