Brain food

The quiet that comes in absence is suffocating

Where the happiness held between selves

Lay in the shallow light of morning

The emptiness has taken its hold

Leaving only memories

The stillness overwrites the laughter

Of bubbling brooks gone to stone

Echoes and remnants are all that remain

But listen close and you will hear

The whisper

Of heart songs

There’s so much pleasure in aging

Discovering the wonders

In your life

The world only shrinks as it grows larger

Imagination never satisfied

Explores continents

And waits

For you to catch up

I remember the smells

Small gnawing pains of hunger

Eating foods still undone

A day of magical disappearing acts

“Who ate the brie?”

Samples leaving trays in laughter

Similar smiles within similar faces tell stories

Unfolding in details

Aromas surround conversations

Until the feast

Basking in glows of love

The family provides

Bellies full, retiring to games

Waiting to return and revisit again

A day of cooking

Hours of joy

We continue.