the best of us

visualize all your loved ones,
the ones who’ve passed
the ones who’ve been taken
you see you with them
together

you see the image of them,
but now fading out and
blending in with the background
the last says
“I love you”
with all the love you’ve ever needed

sit back in your chair and hear that I love you over and over
and over again
echoing
each time it getting further away
looser on the leash you’ve been strangling it with
wishing it were true,
imagination gets the best of us