Exquisite. You capture the universal experience of longing, an experience most of us cannot share with others, but you manage somehow to do that. We have all been there: loss and memory not holding on and not letting go. There is an obstinance of the lingering sense of someone, or someplace. Haunting, poignant, comforting, painful.
You have written a most wonderful piece, @sapphireissafy. Thank you for sharing it with us.