Near You

This is what it feels like to be far away. This is what it feels like to miss you. This is what it feels like to slowly forget pieces of you. This is how I cope when I am not near you.

Why is it that we cannot store up moments and touches with people? We hug and walk away and in an instant the sensation of the hug fades. We try to remember what it was like to be close, but we can only remember the physical location. Our brains are incapable of holding on to a tactile memory.

I wish I could kiss you a thousand times so that when I leave I can still feel your kisses on my lips. I wish I could touch you enough that when you are far away I still feel your skin. I wish I could hold on to the memories of you, the feelings that being in your presence brings to me, when you are no where to be seen.

I wish I could remember you. Because when you are away, I never feel near you.