You've got his heartbeat.
She has his kidney.
The little boy has his eyes.
Each moment behind closed doors, I reflect on him as a person. A walking, breathing, and smiling human being.
We used to take a walk in the park. He held my hand tightly each time as if he would lose me. Embraced me.
I met all three of them and the rest of him was burnt. Churned into whitish-grey fragments of his tall slim form and strong chin. I carry his ashes in a gold pendant that lay closest to my soul.
His eyes now belong to a young boy who was once blind.
Blinking once.
Seeing the world.
Blinking twice.
His kidney rests inside of a girl with type-two diabetes.
Her health, restored.
Her energy recovered.
She sends me sunflowers.
And his heart? His heartbeat resounds in the chest of our child.
Beating once.
Beating twice.
Beating healthily.
I cuddle with him and hold him close. I know you are with me where ever I go. And you are with the young boy as he takes on the world, and the girl as she lives life again. But, I will wait until I can be with you again.
I walked through the park, pendant in hand.
She has his kidney.
The little boy has his eyes.
Each moment behind closed doors, I reflect on him as a person. A walking, breathing, and smiling human being.
We used to take a walk in the park. He held my hand tightly each time as if he would lose me. Embraced me.
I met all three of them and the rest of him was burnt. Churned into whitish-grey fragments of his tall slim form and strong chin. I carry his ashes in a gold pendant that lay closest to my soul.
His eyes now belong to a young boy who was once blind.
Blinking once.
Seeing the world.
Blinking twice.
His kidney rests inside of a girl with type-two diabetes.
Her health, restored.
Her energy recovered.
She sends me sunflowers.
And his heart? His heartbeat resounds in the chest of our child.
Beating once.
Beating twice.
Beating healthily.
I cuddle with him and hold him close. I know you are with me where ever I go. And you are with the young boy as he takes on the world, and the girl as she lives life again. But, I will wait until I can be with you again.
I walked through the park, pendant in hand.
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