I see your eyes every time the sun slips
and bangs its head on the horizon
before drifting off to sleep

I hear your chuckle in the chorus
of every favorite song
that used to make me dance

I read your name in every street sign
every billboard
every paper
letters constantly scrambling
with you at the center of it all

You said this was
"a good idea"
you said this was
"going to make me happy"

you’re everywhere;
and yet nowhere close to me.