Distance Poem by B. V. Dahlen

Tonight I lay,
A phone cradled in my hand,
A voice so welcomed
Whispered words
That should be pondered a lifetime.
Without hesitation,
He asked me to be his,
To share whatever fate would deal.
I wept.
My soul was soaring.
No words could define
How much I needed him tonight.
Though I was here
And he was there,
I know
Beside him on his pillow
Was more of me
Than that which occupied this space;
An empty husk
Who's soul had flown
To his side
Where it belongs.
In the dawn
As the shadows
Of the night are lifted,
I'm there with him, protected.
We are far from the world,
With all it's grief and discontent.
Now evermore,
The only pain I'll know
Will be of too much loving.