I awoke in the night with a start as I felt your memory leap from laundry mountain
At the top of my dresser where you used to sleep
Like a queen in the days before your back got too weak
And I came to with no head on my shoulder
No purring discordant white noise machine in my ear
I heard you whisper
That love you held so strong
Carry it with you from now on
You knew the time we had must end
And I'll miss you, my friend