Please Come Back

Please come back

and throw your

clothes on the floor

Come back now

and forget the door

leave it open

so you can return

to ease the pain

and stop the burn

Of an empty room

and an empty heart

once filled with love

before your depart

Please come back

let the dishes sit

wherever you put them

I don’t give a ____.

I miss the things

you left behind

like a spatial spore

to mark the place

you were before.

Come back, come back

it will be all right

we will never shout

and never fight.

We’ll just hold each other

under a blanket or coat

and watch TV

you can have the remote.

I know you’re out there

My world is off track

I can feel you are close

please...come back.

Tom Crowley – 10/22/18