When I’m gone

when I’m gone 
you’ll find traces of me 
in quiet moments
whispers in the wind 
echoes in a familiar laugh 
i’ll live in the spaces between your thoughts 
a shadow that softens with time
yet in the stillness
you’ll remember 
I was once here 
and though the world moves on 
I will remain
a flicker in your heart


18 thoughts on “When I’m gone

  1. Wow! An Awesome Love poem!!! I’ll be gone before you! Ha!!
    A Gold Star Poem!!!! Bellissimo, My Dear, Bellissimo!!

    A super opening
    “when I’m gone 
    you’ll find traces of me 
    in quiet moments
    whispers in the wind 
    echoes in a familiar laugh 
    i’ll live in the spaces between your thoughts 
    a shadow that softens with time”

    Your words already whisper to my heart!!
    Chuck
    😊😁🎁💖💕🌹

  2. There is something about the true nature of hope in this beautiful poem: that hope doesn’t reside in getting what we want or in “happily ever afters” but in understanding the richness our encounters with one another adds to our lives, even when they end.

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