Moments of a Whole Life

( a poem for someone you still wish were here )

I wish you were still here, you know
All those years ago
It seems an eternity now
And so, time just goes
Though I see you often in my mind
Now and then, back again
I say, and you slink back in. You do
Like a snake to a nest. You are
It’s that character, that wit
A charm that used to bowl me over
And I see you, now, as I write this
Grinning from ear to ear
So I’ll say it once, and that will be the end
I do miss you, you know
I wish you were still here
But alas, I’m sad to say, it is not so.

Sophie

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