"death is moving from being somewhere to being everywhere" Margaret Silf

...and yet

there are so many areas of life
so many aspects of every day
where i can't reach you

one of three buddies on Moodscope
a follower on every blog i've ever written
a favourite contact on Skype, on Facebook, on Gmail
and always in my Top Ten of phone calls

one click and you're gone
a few taps of the backspace button
and your name has disappeared
a seemingly casual delete
and your name has been erased

and it is possibly quite soothing
that you live on as an avatar
it is probably a help
that all your messages are still there

but yet
i keep wanting to hear your voice
i hover over your name on my phone
i long to write to you and share with you
and laugh and cry and hug
you...