LOST

How well you look
Standing there
Body present
Soul elsewhere
How well you seem 
Sat in that chair
Peaceful, calm
​​​​​​Your heart
Elsewhere
Gone from me now
Completely
Your essence can't be found
Mind and personality
Truly gone to ground
For though you are before me
And I search high and low
I cannot find you at this time
I cannot fathom where you go
Loved child of mine
Child I adore
Peaceful, quiet, still
Not dead, just lost
And saddened
Life's energy
Void and nil
But I think I know
Inside me
That when the time is right
And you have won your battle
Against the dark deep night
You will return
Return to me
Mended, well
For all to see
And become the man
You were meant to be.

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