Love is the the most persistent force on Earth. When we lose our partner, the person we love, everything we have together remains.

This poem is from a lover who has passed to their partner who remains – asking them to hold on to those memories to keep the love alive.

When a tree falls in the forest, and there’s nobody around, would that tree even exist; would it ever make a sound?

If I’d not been there to see your smile or sense your breathing quicken, would our love have been an empty space; would it never really happen?

If I’d never felt you near me or that tingling when we touch, would our paths had never crossed; would you not miss me just as much?

If recollections were just photographs never taken out and seen, would the universe erase them all; would it wipe my memory clean

If you had not been there to love me and I had never drawn a breath, would you not be here to mourn me; would I have never known my death?

But these things are more than memories; grab hold for they exist, so you’ll know when your world is falling down, our love will still persist.

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