Longing
She laid there clutching the pillow between her arms like she never wanted to let it go. How she craved for it to be human flesh. The flesh of someone she could not live without, someone who could love her with the same intensity that she loved. It was both a blessing and a curse that she loved so passionately and deeply. More of a curse now it seemed. Almost 7 years since her husband left with no word, no warning. And how many years before that, with him, with no true love, just abuse. Being alone has its advantages. There are less disappointments. But she learned to live alone and to love herself once again. She became stronger and more independent. But why, in her newfound confidence and strength, had she not found a soulmate that could equal her and give her what she craved? She closed her eyes, as she did every day and night, and imagined, visualized, what it would be like to lay next to the man who she had waited for for so long. He would be tall and muscular