A Distant HI

By Rethika S

I see you,

like the moon peeking behind clouds—

never fully mine,

but always there.

Your voice

travels through memories

like a half-heard song

in an old, flickering dream.

we don’t talk,

not really.

just share passing glances,

a distant hi

that says everything

and nothing.

still,

my heart waits—

for the sound of your name

in a stranger’s voice,

for a moment

that might never come.

but even silence

carries your echo.

and that,

somehow,

feels enough.

By Rethika S