I Can't Seem To Shake Your Whispers...

PAD Challenge 23: For today’s prompt, take the phrase “I Can’t (blank),” replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.

I can't seem to shake your whispers

Or the urge that they bequeath

Seems that we are bound together

By the very air we breathe

By the thought that begs the reason

By the 'pressing to the goal'

By the turning of the season

And the yearning of the soul

I can't be myself without you

You weave wonder through each mile

There is just something about you

That makes waiting worth its while

Worth the want while glimmers grapple

Worth the hunt while words implore

Worth the re-e-e-aching for the apple

From an almost-poem floor

Janet Martin