New Year's Gap Filled

We stand astride years

I'm already missing you

This gap is absurd

Not of few hours

But of all these years apart

Not knowing their end

This uncertainty

Turns time left into time spent

That spent into weight

Is it easier?

What uncertainty have you

As time and space warp?

Still they celebrate

Fireworks a reminder

Of wishworks unsparked

While the world burns

Begrudge me not these pinings

I'd miss you sleeping

Side by side in bed

Or if you went to the store

These pines are kindling

In ample supply

What uses has wood besides

Lighting a fire?