Withdrawn

You were always here,

 like background noise...

a thread that ran through my life

almost as long as I have memory.

While some friends

 fall by the wayside

—you never fell.

I thought you’d stay forever.

I reach through the airwaves

to feel you, and all is silent

where you once stood.

I will miss your laughter

   most of all...

© Ginny Brannan 2018