You never forget the ones who truly loved you
The ones that withstood the tests of living
with you, and all your stubborn peccadilloes
the ones that held your hand
looked in your eyes
and found ways to make your soul smile without even trying
The ones with an everglow -
a tangible aura
like a street lamp buzzing
piercing through the frightful still of twilight
The ones you fought to keep
Be it sin, or ignorance, or the hands of Father Time
they arrived and departed
the ones we mourn, yer revel within yesterday
The ones that knew things about you a decade before you did
deeply-rooted truths not visible to a naked or wandering eye
..to be continued