I feel you close as if you are next to me, breathing in my ear, smiling in my eyes, holding me in your arms. I temporarily parallel my past. Yet, I feel you as close to me today as you were some long-ago yesterday. Your scent wafts through my mind grasping at each corner trying to find its place, but it does not belong. It is no more. We are not real. Memories flutter quickly as though caught in the shutter of the camera that was. Places, people, things, laughter, quiet, sleep, running, climbing, eating, enjoying. Quickly, each photo of a life that isn’t flashes as though afraid to stay, and yet doesn’t want to go. Instantly, we appear transposed in a different light, souls mirrored in a quality frame. Unbound love with mock puppetry draws me closer and closer... I can almost believe I touched you. I can almost feel a smile. And then... we are gone. I look around me, open my mind and let you go. |
