each_other's_eyes raze my childhood cat climbed into bed with me in the largest room not made for living in a house i haven't seen inside of in seventeen years. she'd been dead for longer than i knew her. most ghosts you can't touch. i could feel her soft body curl up next to mine. i stroked her fur while she purred, not knowing why i'd been given the chance to see her again. when our time was up, she walked away. she stopped only once to look back at me. we mistimed the moment, missing each other's eyes. and then she was gone, leaving me grateful and gutted in equal measure. 240127 what's it to you? who go blather from