lonely chemist
empty lab
empty desk
empty heart
i want you here
more than anything else
i miss you
its heartache really
it pulls me from my work
so, so much work
i've got reactions to run
chemicals to purify
samples to analyze
working in my fume hood
waiting for my distillation
sitting at the NMR
tar adheres to glass
product adheres to silica
label adheres to vial
the time i've spent
together with you
I wish I could spend more
time sweeps it all away
like eluent down a column
separating the moments we had
and yet you linger
everything else scrubbed clean
a memory adhered to my heart