He's Right There

Everyone says grief makes you do strange things.

They don't tell you it can make someone stay.

The day my boyfriend died, the world decided to move on without him.
I didn't.

He still walks beside me.
Still talks to me.
Still laughs at my bad jokes and tells me when I'm overthinking.

I reread our old messages like they're lifelines. I answer him like he never stopped replying. I live my life as if he's still here-because to me, he is.

Until the cracks start showing.
Until the silence gets louder.
Until I'm forced to face the truth I've been running from.

This is a story about love that doesn't disappear when someone dies,
about grief that blurs reality,
and about learning that letting go doesn't mean forgetting.

Some ghosts don't haunt you.
Some are created so you don't have to be alone.