Long Gone Poem by Carlos Gutierrez

I’d jump from the highest peak
I’d kill a thousand men
I’d forever shut my eyes and close the door to my brain
I’d stop and diligently search every car and plane
Just to get you back again

Here I am
But you’re gone
I lost you and can’t get back on my feet
I keep looking through deserts and forests
Double-checking, the path I repeat
But as far as the eye can see
There is not a clue that looks like you
Uncharted territory is all there is
If only I knew
Where the universe hides creatures like you
If only I would have tried harder
To treat you better
To have made things right
And to have kept you besides me
Only then could I peacefully come home
But now it’s a little too late
And you’re long gone
Never to return again.