Temporarily Alone

I sit here
awaiting
your
touch
and it does
not
come.
I sigh.
It has been...
so long
so many years it seems
since we last touched
since we last spoke
since we last kissed....
as you make your way
through the baking sun
the desert lands
do you think of me?
my chest tightens at the thought
and I know
the answer...
is yes.