All along

Here amidst the silence of the trees

let me draw close to you

as the breeze moves the leaves

and the two worlds

interweave

here in the winding down

of the day

I will be dreaming of you

and all the things

we never got to say

some believe with any loss

we seek the parent

in every experience

that draws us towards

questioning

seeking resolution

and when the writer said

he was now ready to bury the dead

I understood what he meant

and yet you live on

here in my heart

for it was your absence

that forever haunted me

in a place that lays far deeper

than memories

and it was your love

I was seeking

All along