i thought i heard your voice amid the noise out on the street. i imagined it at best, but the knot in my chest still skipped a beat. i cannot concentrate or think at all of late for the thought of you, though it's been so long since the day i found you were gone when i came to. last night, i saw your face. but something was wrong that i could not quite place. suddenly i began to realize: the eyes i did not recognize. i woke up with a start and a pounding heart, gasping for air. i thought you were a ghost, or a dream at most, but you're everywhere. was that you just then, calling me
