I know you’re gone
and I am left alone
to carry on.
But how can you be gone
when you take shape
time and again
within my head?
Do you live on
within the neurons
of my brain?
Do you have shape
that could be seen
on a brain scan?
Did you not die
but simply transition
to another form of life?
A dull response
passed along
the neural networks –
determined to carry on?
I know you’re there
knocking on my skull
from within
time and again –
It’s just that I don’t know
if you are aware
that you’re there
anymore.
And so I’d better try
to let you go
anyway.