A veil-ed secret

 

 You will hardly know…

How much I treasure the first moment of a smile across..

How I etched it in memory for what could not be…

How I longed a drive…a sharing a thought…

The many a time I have held to you in thought

How much I miss you..

In quiet thought and noisy laughter…

You’ll never guess

The dread within as I sense

A departure away
I trace the shape
of a word --hunter..
that shall bridge
A distance
I do not let you guess
A hunted vacuum
Perhaps

My eyes have learnt to veil

needs, desires, wants

and

a tiny unspoken secret...

That I carry you within.