Here With Me

You never leave my mind. So much of you is left behind...

I need you to know, I'm with you. Right beside you. You're not alone right now. I'm not really gone, you've got to go on...

Sitting mere metres from his beloved, he reached out to touch her. But she could not see him sitting there beside her. She didn't know he was there. Still, he looked at her. Could not look away, though it broke his heart to see her this way. He wished there was something, anything he could do. He was there. Right there. But she didn't know... 

His face lit up with a sad smile as she reached out to touch him. "It's almost like you're with me," she said. 

I am, my Darling. I'm right here. Right here with you. I just wish you could see... 

"I wish you could be here with me." He moved to touch her arm, but it fell straight through hers. He did not have a physical form anymore. He could no longer touch her. She turned away from him, and sat in silence a while. "I can't believe this," she said, beginning to pace. "I don't want to believe this. Don't want to believe that you're gone." 

But you've got to go on...

"I know I have to go on. I know that I have to let go. But, I just can't accept it yet." She paused in her tracks and retook her place on the lounge beside him. His smile, small and sad, went unseen. She let out a heavy breath. "I want to believe. More than anything, I want to believe that you're still here with me, but I know I have to let go of the life I'll never know." She smiled in his direction, as if she knew he was there. "I know that I have to go on, hard is it may be. My heart is broken, it keeps breaking every day. But, come what may, nothing stops another day." 

I want you to know I'm here for you. I'm not going to leave you. You're not alone. I will always be 
here for you. I will not leave you alone, my Darling. You will never be alone. 

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In loving memory of my Great Aunt, who passed away early this morning. RIP.