"How Long?"

How long has it been?

How long has it been since we touched...?

Felt the other's sweetened caress?

How long has it been?

The favor of no one,

no approval of sanity...

I still think of you in the white silence.

How long has it been?

Having you near was blissful

Now,

it's a horror...

Every corner turned,

you're either there,

smiling past my waving hand and smiling face...

Or haunting my unconscious thoughts.

How long has it been?

If it has ever been...