I miss you like my bare feet miss
the crunch of fall leaves,
river banks and loose driveway gravel.
I feel like under the weight of your memories
I will come unraveled.
I poses no want for travel
without you to come home to,
home is an empty destination
that place is just your dimming shadow.
Help me,
I see the absence of you everywhere
A shallow echo of the space behind my chest.
There is no rest for the mourning,
and still morning comes to slow.
I just replay old memories like playing in the snow.
Only you know how many mittens never made it home.
Even still you were glad to give them,
and the shoes off your feet,
if it meant you could keep,
a smile on my face.
It is harder every day to think...
You are gone.
Every day feels like more space
between when I was ok
and now.
I fear how hallow tomorrow may be.
there is no light at the end of this tunnel,
I will have to learn to live in the dark,
And remain grateful for
every mark you made
across my heart.