in the dark need

in the dark need; shattered night
(sleep)wake me
your face
ethereal,(in memory)breath
lingered on my lips (shadowlight) illusive
promise (touch)
and your words, that reached (not me) my heart;
your eyes that saw (not me) my soul.

or not(glimmering)
the pitterpat, electric potential
(charged)miasma or
(shockingly)real heartbeat;
confounds
the brittle (doubting) darkness
ceaselessly
(tormentingly)

to meet
again
away from onionskin scrawls(much deliberated)
and heady (breathless)weekend
voices
(promises)

what blighted heaven would curse
us with such(appalling)
distance; time
and leave us with unutterable poignancy
(whispers pain) of never
knowing more (so much more)
than the palest ghost of a
kiss
(leftover)remnant of
a breath