This Time Around.

We remember you for the feeling,

Not for the time, not for the loss.

Not for the spaces left between us,

Or the years unfulfilled,

But for the connection of souls

And the feeling of warmth we get when

When someone utters your name.

We remember the grief,

But this time around, it is fleeting.

And long after you’ve gone,

We’ve begun to bask in your eternal after-glow.