Too long away

Silence sits uncomfortably between us 
It’s tangible presence 
Full of foreboding 
And dampening our ability 
To share the moment.
  
Staring into nothingness 
My fidgeting hands
Awkwardly placed 
Time now to draw a breath 
To take a leap of faith 
To reach across that infinite chasm 
Of time and space 
Of my mind
Of my own making.
  
And just as suddenly 
That simple gesture 
Of clasping hands 
Causes the weight of the world 
To contract 
To diminish.

A connectedness again
With the universe 
Reignites 
And that ache in my heart
Grows smaller
Though in the background
I feel its still there
A penance for too long away.
  
Goodbye silence 
I’m home again.