Last letter

Instructions for when I'm gone

Photo by Aliaksei Lepik on Unsplash

I just want to say goodbye.

When you see me in your dreams,

come on by,

I’ll leave the gate open

and the back door unlocked.

Walk right in,

you’ll find my shape in the living room,

waiting for you.

I’m not there, really,

I’m looking at sunshine

and listening to birdsong

someplace else, somewhere new.

You can talk to me anyway,

I can hear you, somehow,

and I will always listen.

Yes, I know you’re sad,

and I am too,
but only because

I can’t quite hold you

the way I used to.

Maybe next time,

we’ll share every day –

listening to music,

reading together,

walks in the rain.

A life.

I know I’ll see you there,

just like I did

all the lives before.