it’s been 1 year

it’s been 1 year
since your soul left my body

i knew it had happened
before i even opened my eyes

an eerie sense
that your spirit had moved on
swept silently into the air
while i was sleeping.

in that second of waking
the hope of who i dreamed you would become
shifted into who you will remain eternally —

a perfect little girl
a tiny innocent being
who never got to join the world

a piece of myself buried forever
in this cold and unforgiving earth.