Friday, October 1, 2021

"I just want a friend who will travel with me to other countries ya dig"

 I am searching for a book in a bookstore which is weird because I have not been a bookstore in so many years.  The further I go into the depths of the store the smaller the aisles become.  It becomes hard to maneuver and there are stacks of books and cobwebs. But I can not find what I am looking for, no matter how hard I look.  I turn a corner and you are there.  I know it is you, but I can not make you out.  It is though there is light emanating from you and you are blurry and featureless.  You should not be here.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.  And the light shifts into what feels like a smile.

"I miss you."  You say and you hold out your hand but I can not reach it.  "I'm just not ready to go yet," you say.  The light around you flickering.