“YOU” by Paula Dawn Lietz

My eyes are swollen
against the onslaught
of more tears.
Enough I have cried
as I have looked for you
endlessly in
my mind...
Searching for a notification
of any kind.
I cannot bear this
empty place without
your words
or smiling face.
I do not care
for this poem;
"tis better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all."
For within me I feel... nothing.
But the echo of your good-bye.