For Every 5 Hours You Spend Away

For every five hours you spend away,

You spend ten minutes with me.

For every word you say,

You speak my name less eagerly.

For every time you touch an object,

You hold me less.

For every aroma you detect,

You no longer know my scent.

For every tree you see,

You look beyond where I stand before you.

For every night you sleep,

Your hold has become loose.

For every step you take away

I take another three back,

Hoping you might see me one day

And realize what you lack.

For every word you have spoken to me,

The words "I love you" have become foreign,

Like a third world language I have lost your fluency

And I can hear the night beckoning me back in.

For every sentence and rhyme I write,

Sitting here in broad day light,

Your body just so close to mine,

I lose more and more hope for us,

Like a pocket with a whole filled with stardust,

I am losing all the once-had trust...