Snapshot

Like a photographer
our minds
can take a picture
and frame moments
with others.

Especially our lovers--
they are at the center,
the focus
of the picture
and because of that

we think we 'miss'
them
but actually what we miss

is the feeling.

The connection was real,
right?
(at least to us)
and there were shared moments
beautiful moments
and emotions too
(so, why did it end?)
why do we keep
flipping through the
mental photo albums and pining over someone
who we threw out?

We keep going back to
how we felt,
that high feeling
is what lingers...

and what we actually
long for.

But if we go back to that mental picture
and remove them
and focus solely on our feelings
we will find
a true lover.

This one
never left
and has been
right there all this time
waiting for us to call

to peak within us
once more
and lift us like a prayer
to the sky.