Those Who Go Before

Everyday I see you in a strangers smile.

I hear your voice in my dreams and

I read your letters again. I remember you

when the moon is full and I can’t sleep.

So I sit in the dark. Here we are again

in the quiet, connecting.

Everything we left unsaid settles now

at my feet.

I’m ok and I miss you more than life

and more than anything I have ever known.

So here I am in the dark wondering if you will

know me. I’m hoping I will find my way to you.

You were a gift I will never have again.

When I am feeling those holes in my heart

like I am tonight, nothing consoles me but the moon and the quiet.

I hope it is bright enough and quiet enough

that you hear what my heart is saying and you can see my love once more.

Done