I Miss You, but I Cannot Make You Miss Me

Music: Fugue in C# minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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I miss you, but I cannot make you miss me. I need you, but you do not know my need. I want you, but I cannot make you kiss me. I suffer, but I cannot make you bleed. I beseech you, but you will not be beguiled. The door's locked, and you will not let me in. You're my mother*, but I cannot be your child. I've lost you, and I can't take back my sin. Like an earth no longer with its sun, Shooting towards eternity alone, I no longer circle anyone, An aimless, mindless, wandering piece of stone. Ah, Mother*! It would be so sad if we Would journey through to darkness separately. *"father" if to a father Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.