Half Poem by Carla Nestoros

I’m here, you’re there, my darling
You’re there, I’m here, as well
My body’s nothing without yours
My eyes, my lips can tell

It’s ‘us’, it’s ‘ours’ together
Here I am simply ‘me’
Half of me is missing now
Who can this half heart be?

Your laugh, your smile, your touch
I’m craving everything you give
How can I, without your passion
Decide a way to live

But I know I can make it babe
I’ve got my love at home
Home- I don’t mean where we live
But with you, where you may roam

Yet I can feel the cold and hot
I can nod, frown and smile
I’m sleeping, waking up
Walking here and there
I am a being.
Though my heart is cold and fraying
Every time that we’re apart
I’m still a person, I’m still me
In my flowing half a heart.