dear Stavro, we all painfully do miss you

dear Stavro, we all painfully do miss you,
arms still reaching out to grab a hold,
now only through your pictures can we kiss you,

yet celluloid will not transfer the kiss, you
are too far away and we are cold,
dear Stavro, we all painfully do miss you,

our hearts outpouring blood-love from our bliss, you
are the center-void, we age, grow old,
now only through your pictures can we kiss you,

though we wrap arms around your clothes and hiss your
name, inhale your scents no longer bold,
dear Stavro, we all painfully do miss you,

your pictures, oh so lifelike, I insist you
stir awake, this nightmare not retold,
now only through your pictures can we kiss you,

with longing stares our time here we dismiss, you
are still here though not, we're in a hold,
dear Stavro, we all painfully do miss you,
now only through your pictures can we kiss you.

(C)2009, Christos Rigakos