Casting Shadows

Sometimes it feels like you're still with me...

With us...

Casting a long and imposing shadow
upon the ground before us
the only time in which we can still
be together as a family...

The touch of your warm embrace
lingers like a distant memory
while here with you in this field
of stone and forgotten names

Projecting your silhouette in the
waning light of this hallow place
feels almost crippling on my soul
forever judging, forever watching

I'm left to ponder my own thoughts
am I doing as you would have done?
am I making you proud of me?
or has your disappointment become
unmeasurable...