Past Tense

There's a deep emptiness
A shallow longing
To fulfill what has been deprived of.
Some metaphorical poetry,
Euphoric dreaming,
A wishful-thinking fantasy
But one's that too far to obtain.

Absence.
She longs for that warmth.
Denial.
She longs for that passion.
Bitterness.
She longs for that certain past.

Obstacles hindering lives,
Shallow, empty hearts
Hungry to be filled with love.

She longs for the past,
I long for the past...