You

Fill me with your light

Your rays touch my brow

The warmth spreads through me

Who knew

I thought you didn't exist

I'd seen too much evidence to the contrary

Or maybe I'd seen too little

My view of you

Inexorably changed, yes

Not what I envisioned

But, gone?

No.  You were always here

I see you differently now

And that had to be

Still, I know

We are all together

Our voices, our lives, the very breath we take every day

And in these connected moments

I know

Whatever you are

You ARE

You were never gone