“i will search for you in every lifetime after this
to feel your skin is a blessing that transcends mortality
i would bend worlds and shear through dimensions to keep your soul close to mine”
– Grace King 2022
when grief spills
my body responds
in tears
with an emptiness in the pit of my heart
a split in my psyche
a wave of pity
a disbelief
a lost presence
my head hurts
my throat closes
the wound leaks
and I am left dispossessed…
there’s a force that wants me to remember
and through the pain I can
like I must never forget
I hold onto the memories for dear life
as time fades
and old photographs grow faint
and we grow older and you don’t!
I long to be reunited
and dance
and touch
and feel your laughter
all I can hear now are your words on the wind
all I can see now are the memories of you
all I breathe now is your light that shines in my darkness
I will search every lifetime for you
I will scour the universe to hold your hand once again
your voice is still heard in cosmic realms
it is part of me
it is me
your body was once mine
now in it’s departing
I only see it through the eyes of my soul…
unchanged
I know you
I recognize the essence that is you
and we will be together again
in a great gathering of love
©AllysoAlly2023