Severed

I am an Amputee
who feels the phantom
of her Severed Self
your body in our bed feels
so real
sometimes

my mind itches
along the edges
where you should be
I turn and you
Disappear

my body Burns
where we were One
your hands are not
there to cool it

the Trauma is too great
my heart has
Stopped
only you can
resuscitate it

but I am not like the Others
who have only their Phantoms
forever incomplete

in my shattered heart
there is Hope
this Severing is not forever
soon I will be Whole again

my heart will Beat
my body burn
with a different Heat

no Ghost
in my bed
but the
living
breathing
soul
that is part of Me
and makes me
Complete