I am proud of you. You know that, right?

 I am proud of you. I said it because I meant it. You can always lean on me when you need someone. It is just that simple. No explanation. No worry. Just you, here with me. I will love you beyond my time. I will love you beyond the gates bringing me home, into your arms. I miss you and I know that’s not enough. To just miss you. I wonder where you went. As if I had a bad dream and missed your phone call to get you from the airport. I feel as though there is a gaping wound in my soul and there’s absolutely nothing that would fill it. Except you. So I count the days since you’ve been gone and wonder what train station I might bump into you at. Or which airport you came out of. I know you’re still waiting. 

Because I am too.