15/08/2025
Still Near
Grief is an ache, a longing, a longing to be with the one we have lost.
But what if, they're not lost at all?
What if they have simply stepped into another room,
through a doorway made of light?
We cannot follow, not yet. But we can imagine.
They are there, where pain does not reach,
where time is kind,
where laughter lingers like music in the air.
Maybe they're sitting beneath a tree that blooms in every season,
watching the wind carry our love like petals on the breeze.
And sometimes, when the world is quiet,
we feel them.
Not in the past, but close,
in a moment, a memory,
a dream that feels too real to be only a dream.
Maybe that’s them, reminding us:
"I’m not gone. I’m just elsewhere. Still loving you. Still near.
~'Still Near' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by IllustNation_Nakata
