There You Are

the nights are long, dark and bleak –
loneliness threatening to swallow me,
drowning me in sorrows.

but there you are.

surrounded in shades of blue and
cloaked in the hollow sound of
my own voice.

but there you are.

all at once feeling alone in the mire
yet not as alone as I thought –
a like mind sharing the darkness.

and there you are.

thoughts of soft spring nights,
gently lulled by the creaking of
an old porch swing.

and there you are.

arms stretched out towards you,
yet never quite reaching
across time and distance.

but there you are.

voices travel the phone lines,
enclosing a heart with warmth
while emphasizing the loneliness.

and there you are.

through time, space, and distance –
keeping company through the
wee hours of dawn.

there you are.