today's poem a day challenge from poetic asides-

For today's poem, I want you to write a poem about something missing. It can be about an actual physical object or something you just can't put your finger on (like "love" or "the spirit of Christmas" or something).

My response-

getting lost

if i were missing
would anyone really care
where i go? would you know
the scent of something
gone? the reasoning behind
it, only i would be running
and escaping and squinting
my eyes in the darkness
only i would be wandering
lost and afraid perhaps i would be
dreaming or calling out your name
i would know that lost
is how i have always felt
a moth flitting along
some train tracks, a runaway,
a child left behind, a woman
who's vanished, a soul set adrift
i would be calling for you
i would be longing for you
and the safety of a home in your arms.