Dissolved in mist and absence

I awake

my heart

aches

literally

squeezing

in my chest

pressure builds

brain pounds

tears flow

but why

i don't know

till

a flash

on the phone

shows the date

today

he'd be

78

instead

he's just

dead

a photo

in an album

in a frame

on the shelf

a story

remembered

a memory

of a hug

a smile

a moment

shared

now

gone

growing

ever more dim

for he's

Dissolved in mist and absence

an absence, light as the skin of a child

There, far away,

Where oblivion dwells.