In The Gap Between

All goodbyes have the flavor of presence,
the pressure of an embrace, lips on cheek
lips on lips, incidental brush of hand
on thigh not quite unremarked, eloquent

every goodbye is yet one more hello,
a greeting in parting coming closer
maybe even closest, before abyss 
of absence, imagined, yawns full open

whatever was still is before it goes,
when it…