I’ve gone ahead of you.
Not because I wanted to — but because I had no choice.
Up here, I’ve claimed a spot with your name on it.
It’s yours, no one else’s.
I’m holding it just for you.
Waiting.
I want you to know there’s more than this.
More than the pain that keeps you up at night.
More than the emptiness that follows you through the day.
This isn’t the end.
Not for me.
Not for you.
So live while you can.
Say yes, to the big, scary stuff.
Love the people I can’t love for myself anymore.
And when you’ve given everything, you have down there — you’ll find me here.
In the place I saved.
And it will feel like you were never apart from me at all.