if you were here

if you were
here
i'd tell you things.
tell
you small things
that
I've never said before.
but you aren't.
if you
were asleep, i'd
lie beside you and listen
to you breathe.
i'd touch your
hand
and wait for you to awaken.
if you were here,
we'd walk
through the woods,
down by
the cold stream. we'd
find a warm
ocean to retreat
to.
we'd begin again.
if you were here i'd
tell you things
I've never said before.
but you aren't.