The ache you feel in your heart
When you leave loved ones
The ache you can’t control, cannot stop
The ache that consumes you
Holds you in a tight grip
The ache that brings tears to your eyes
I felt this ache today
And there was not much I could do
Except accepting it for it was
The ache subsided eventually
It would have been hard to tolerate it for too long
But it may return from time to time
Can’t totally banish it from my heart
June 23rd, 2019