Within

Between need and greed,

Wherever I place you, I find

Picking once, one over the other 

I run again from one end to another

Endless need and eternal greed

For you, without you, within 

Between memory and presence 

Among those bylanes I find lessons

Picking presence, I gave in to 

Prayers to lure, coffees in liew

Your absence, like memory lingers

For me, without me, within 

Between promise and caprice 

I tally gains each verse apiece

Picking fuzzy promises eternal

I dreamt of flowers, all things vernal 

Wondrous, rapturous, whimsical songs

For us, within us, you sing 

Greedy memories are but whims

Promises of presence I need 

But among all these words is lost

A me, that is without you and me, within