The Loving Void

we didn't last a year
before breaking down:
deceit, bandwidth, time ...
all the best reasons;

the reasons are irrelevant,
oddly enough.
the void they leave behind
still loves me...
much like Jesus, I suppose.

i take the void to bed,
i offer to be the big spoon.
i kiss the void gently,
barely a peck,
and the void still loves me.

Waking up to the darkness,
so familiar, so comfortable;
i can feel the void's love
caressing my cold feet.

i have to wonder
what i might do
should the void
ever be filled.

How lonely i would be
without the void to keep me company
in the train, in the bus,
in the office, in the bar.

i take the void swimming,
out into the middle of lake Zurich,
but my arms keep flailing
as though they don't want to
sink into the loving void.

How cumbersome
to be in disagreement
with one's own arms.
with one's own heart.
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