You are Everywhere

Every room of the house

Countless restaurants

Numerous songs

On the floor

Lingering in doorways

Running through the halls

Riding in the car

Talking on the phone

Sitting in the movie theatre

Listening to country radio

Starbucks gum and popcorn

Fall football games

You’re just not gone

Blue suede shoes

Leather jackets too

At the sound of Live bar bands

There’s an image of you

The scent of vanilla and classic books

Crisp evening walks with

Homemade chicken noodle soup

A notebook for final drafts

Christmas gifts and a thousand laughs

Singing, guitar strings

Drum set beats

Cream colored sweaters

Piano keys

Pachelbel cannon

Even church pews

Swaying from side to side

I’m finally finding

There was so much of you

I know you were always around

Back then but the significance

Is surfacing now

I didn’t realize it at the time

You were holding on tight

To the line we were stringing you along with

And I was too young and overlooked

The things I mistook

Making you fit

You reached out to me

Everything you meant

Can’t you see I can’t forget?

Here and there are memories

You are everywhere