Our embrace in the distance,

don’t let me go forever.

 

Be that sugar of hope

           nourishing my nerves

 

that seep of cactus-milk care

           in this touchless desert

 

that arching sky in my lungs

when I am crushed

           under loneliness.

 

I miss you like air

I crave you like water

           and sunlight

           and minutes.