I had a dream that you died, and I was left behind. We never even got to say goodbye. I felt lost, and even though I knew that you were dead, I was still trying to find you.
I found myself in houses surrounded by people I didn't know, asking if they'd seen you. I stood on a stage and tried to spot your face in the crowd, trying to talk about how much I missed you, but not being able to get the words out or even do so much as make a single sound. I drank whatever I could get my hands on and looked for you at the bottom of every cup, and I snuck onto rocketships to see if I could find you in the stars. I flew all across Europe, attached to the bottom of a plane in a little contraption, not unlike the seat of a parasail, whilst hooked up to a parachute so that if I ever spotted you, I could jump.
I cried the whole time.
I seemed to be at an altitude of about 30,000 feet or so. It was dark, and all I could see underneath me were little patches of green and purple swirls dancing around, kind of like the northern lights, but on the ground instead of in the sky. I couldn't see you, but something told me to jump. I unhooked myself from the parachute, liberated myself from the straps of the seat I was in and slid off, tilting my body forward and diving headfirst into whatever it was that awaited me below.
Right as I was about to land, I suddenly found myself in a place that was equal parts dark and luminescent, warm and cool, cozy and free. It seemed to go on and on forever in all directions. I didn't know where I was, but I knew that we weren't in our solar system, and it didn't look like what I would have imagined the universe to look like. I tried to extend my arms, but I didn't have any. I no longer had a body or eyes, yet I could still feel and see... and I felt completely at peace, like I was wrapped in a warm hug and filled with a kind of love that I couldn't possibly describe. I've been trying to find the words to describe it, but they simply don't exist. I'm emotional just remembering how it felt to be there, wherever "there" was.
And there you were. I couldn't see you, but I knew that you were there. Wherever we were, we were there together, and we were at peace.
My life has been characterized by pain, turmoil, insecurity and uncertainty. Aside from my name, date of birth, where I was born and objectively what I've been through, there are very few things that I know in my heart to be true:
That you love me,
That I love you, and
That I never want to live without you.