I don’t know your name.
I don’t even know if you’re real.
But in my dreams, you found me.
And for a moment… I forgot the weight I carry.
You laughed and in that laugh,
I swear, I felt like the world melted around me.
Your hug, warm, familiar, like I’d been waiting lifetimes for it.
Like I’d known you before I even knew myself.
Why did you come back after all these months?
Was it to remind me that I can be held this way?
That I deserve softness, warmth, and someone who sees me truly sees me?
I don’t know where you are.
Maybe you’re out there, flesh and breath.
Or maybe you’re just the shape of the love I need.
But I miss you.
More than I expected.
I miss the way your presence made me feel pampered,
not for what I do but just for being me.
If you ever find your way to me in real life,
I hope you’ll recognize the tears I cried after I woke up.
I hope you’ll still laugh the same way.
I hope you’ll hold me just as gently.
And I hope you’ll stay.
Until then,
I’ll carry your memory like a song only I can hear.
With all my moonlit longing.
~Cloie