This poem is dedicated to all of the family, friends, and neighbors I have lost and to those that others have. Loss is never easy, whether it comes in the form of death, disease, heartbreak, separation, or anything else. In Still Seeing You I try to delve into the emotions and struggles of those left to deal with the tragedy of loss, and how hard it can be to find strength again.

Still Seeing You

It’s funny

How much life changes

Without that person

As you walk through

Your day,

You see

Pieces of them on

Every corner and

Within the smiles

Of strangers.

The photos

On your phone

Will always hold

Memories of them

For Years,

But pain

doesn’t lessen so

easily inside your

heart and time

slows down.

Yet they

will always be

with you in the

simple things

you see,

like the

breeze, the ocean,

the moon, laughter,

a hug, or even

your reflection,

You will

never fully let go,

but you’ll be able to

forever contain parts