Letters From Celest

Have you ever heard of mushrooms that grow on corpses?

This is my first letter to you. You have written so many to me over the time we’ve known each other, but this is the first one from me to you.

I often look up at the night sky and see the stars shining. There are so many of them, and they are all so far away that I feel as though I could never reach them, not even with all the time in the world.

So distant, so out of reach.

To be honest, I see you in them.

It has been so long since we last saw each other that I am beginning to forget your face. I only remember the feeling that would rise up whenever I looked at it. I felt safe, and yet you always seemed so far away.

How I wish I could feel that feeling just once more.

You will not receive this letter until after I have died, and that fact is more than just regrettable. Even so, I want you to continue your journey without me from now on.

Do not forget my name, and carry it with you always.