Come Back For Me Poem by Carlos Gutierrez

Silence.
Says.
More.
Than.
A.
Thousand.
Words.

And.
It.
Has.
Talked.
To.
Me.

She.
Said.
That.
You.
Are.
Gone.

That.
You.
Left.
Without.
Saying.
Why.

No.
Goodbye.

No.
Letter.
Or.
Note.

Just.
Vanished.

It.
Might.
Have.
Been.
Me.

Something.
I.
Did.

Something.
I.
Said.

But.
I’ll.
Wait.
Here.

Here.

The.
Place.
Your.
Mind.
Has.
Erased.
And.
Forgotten.

My.
Arms.
Wide.
Open.

Will.
Never.
Close.

My.
Puckered.
Lips.

Won’t.
Move.
An.
Inch.

I’ll.
Wait.
Until.
Forever.
Ends.

And.
A.
Day.
More.

For.
Your.
Return.

For.
I.
Cannot.
Leave.
Behind.
The.
Past.
As.
The.
Past.

So.
I’ll.
Crouch.
In.
This.
Corner.
Over.
Here.

Don’t.
You.
Forget.

And.
Then.
Once.
Again.

When.
You.
Enlighten.
My.
Days.
With.
Your.
Life.
Again.

I.
Can.
Go.
On.

But.
Until.
That.
Day.

I’m.
Frozen.

Hoping.

That.
You’ll.
Come.
Back.
For.
Me.