companion
Your fingers envelope
my palm,
crunch of
pebble on pavement,
–—exhale.
Loneliness is greedy,
gulping air thick
and silent.
How does it work,
my being
with you and
yet needing
needing other
companionship too?
A friend who loves you
who loves me who loves you
who loves me who loves you
who loves me
who loves me.
I am not okay here,
my lungs
compressing,
my mouth
gasping in
this static void
love me
love me
where you are not.
—jennifer j. camp




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Haunting. Beautiful. Love the last two lines.
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Thankyou Jennifer for this beautiful poem
Oh! How it reminds me that I am never alone the Father loves me and He is always near.
Oh How He Loves Me!!!!!
And I Thank God For you I was in A dark place
Before I connected with the loop and I just wanted to say Thanks for encouraging me.
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I really enjoyed reading it. “Loneliness is greedy” is a phrase.
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I really enjoyed reading it. “Loneliness is greedy” is a beautiful phrase.
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Thank you. I am never alone with Him.