For a moment, I thought I saw you today.

My entire being was filled with happiness and I thought at first to text you, asking where you were headed.

It only lasted a moment. The reality that you are gone consumed my world within seconds.

My heart sank, my eyes filled and overflowed, and my desire for one more chance to see you alive overwhelmed me.

I see you everywhere. You’re at every corner, every car, every store.

You are every dad, calling after his daughter.

You are every son, speaking to his mom about a movie he’s obsessed with.

You are every brother, ushering along his younger siblings to keep up and not be a pest.

You are every voice, calling out from everywhere.

All of these ghosts of you are here, but you no longer are.

The cruelest reality of all is knowing a world without you in it.

Haunt me.