Yearning to Touch the Shadow

Is it because I must return that I cling so hard?

Look, I know—
that day you wanted to hold me close;
the day when I, helpless, with powerless eyes—
merely touched you for a few moments
and instantly withdrew.

Anything more than that
I truly could not do that day.

Did you ever
feel hurt by me?
I did ask after you—
still, in your wounded silence meant for me
the emptiness you kept guarded,
I could not break its quiet law.

I have seen you.
Stay right there—
saying just this
I want to hold you captive
in my gaze a little longer.

I love you terribly—
these words...
embracing you from behind
I long to whisper them softly.

Shall I come?