Perpetuity

 

Though I can no longer hold you

You visit me in my dreams

You burrow up next to me

Our souls one, without seams

I can feel your breathing

You are still soft to the touch

I speak your name gently

You answer as much

There is no better feeling

Than moments like these

Memories I will take with me forever

Until my own last breath recedes

I like to think you are still here

Around every corner and cup of tea

I close my eyes often just imagining

Awake your absence is still jarring

Making me long for sleep

A place without time

Where we continue to play joyfully

Where the rays of sun dance along your brow,

Where the water washes sand into your hair

Though I can no longer hold you

You visit me in my dreams

I take you places you had not yet been

We hold hands and frolic

We run and leap and hide

We are two souls but one

We are visitors in these bodies

Along for the ride

I can still see you breathing

Here I can hold you tight

I speak your name gently

I promise never to leave your side

There is no better feeling

Than moments like these

Memories I will create forever

And recall to you on my knees

I like to think you are still here

Watching me diligently

A guardian angel of sorts

My life's companion infinitely

It is not until death do us part

You could never be just one part

It was always you

Before I even knew

Who helped to build this heart

A place for you to exist in perpetuity

Your eternal work of art