Tell my mom I love her

And that every time I sip coconut coffee

I hear her voice beside me.

Tell my dad I miss him

And that when Phil Collins is on the radio

I feel like he’s singing with me.

Tell my brother that I wish

That we could simply be

As close as siblings should be.

Tell my family I’m still here

And they are forever engraved

In a rock inside my skull-

Ever-present-

Because they are all of the greatest

Parts of me.