Until

When your hand slips from mine,
You on one side, I on the other
I'll still feel the warmth of your touch

When life goes on regardless
In the smallest and quietest of moments
You'll be heard and felt

In my very heartbeat,
In the pulses of my life,
For you are a part of me always.

Although your hand slips from mine
You will never leave
For I'll still hold on tight

When your arms no more
can reach out,
Your love will encircle me

For that has always wrapped
Not just around my body
But around my heart and soul
Warming me to my very core.

As you always used to say when I was small
and so sad to say goodbye
The goodbyes between us are
never really a goodbye at all,
but merely an until...