I Love You Regardless

I had a dream

That you died

So many unsaid things

Adventures cold and futile

I dreamt

That your books were mine

Afterwards

I had to keep telling your stories

Because that is what you do

Somehow

And I realized

Sitting up, awake

I would regret every second

I did not spend near you

All the promises

I made to myself

About being there for you

About loving you regardless

Of

Anything

About not needing to say it

For it to be true forever

I would regret not hearing you tell

Your own stories

Adventures untold

And fantastic

I would regret not saying it

Even if it wasn’t necessary

Because unsaid things weigh heavier still

When they can’t ever be said

I had a dream 

That you died

So just know

I love you regardless

Of anything and everything

And it will never not be true