I didn’t vanish

 I didn’t vanish—I simply drifted gently into the stars.

I chose your lap as my final place to rest, because it was always where I felt safest.
Your heartbeat was the steady song of my life. Your hands, the warmth I searched for in every nap.

I saw you learn, stumble, smile, and ache… and still, I stayed.
Because loving you was the quiet truth of my days.

Now I’ve been welcomed into a softer sky, but don’t think I’m gone.
I’m still with you in the thin morning light that touches the windowsill.
In that tender pause before sleep.
In those small, silent spaces that feel just a little too still.

And when a star flickers once, softly, know this:
I’m purring from somewhere gentle, sending you love without limits.

Until we meet again…
Thank you for letting me spend forever in your arms.
Not goodbye. Only goodnight.