I stare at the blank page
open on whatsapp,
and I wait and I wait and I wait
for the word to appear under your name
online
It flickers into existence
like a hologram
a mirage
online
transient letters
imprinted on a surface
only a surface
you surface
online
and for a moment in time
time stops.
and here we are
we are both here
so faraway
so very near
your presence lingers
I disappear
I go back
online
you're no longer there
..... I stare and I stare and I stare
at the blank page before me
and there are
so many things I wish to say. I miss you.
so much, I wish I could make you stay
present
but goodbye is done
and we've already become
cyber ghosts
drifting in and out of unspoken dialogue
haunting....
presence
your presence
I hope it never lessens
for it's all I have of you
love
