Missing

by Liz   Jul 12, 2016


To say you are missed
is an understatement.

I'm sorry that words will be used
and reused and reused
to describe the effect your absence
has left.

It's just hard to find the right ones
to explain how you are missed.

Maybe...

...maybe in a way that the sun regrets
not having been a little warmer
on your coldest days.

Or in a way the moon regrets
not giving you hope on those
dark nights when you saw no end.

I wonder if the stars wish
they could have come a little closer,
but you never really looked up.
Did you?

I don't miss you in a way that makes me
wish you were here, but
rather in a way that
there is an emptiness in the world
that wasn't here before.

You are missed in a way
words can't describe.

I miss knowing you are in the world.
I miss knowing you are alive.

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  • 7 years ago

    by CJ Maleney

    A very well deserved honorable mention for a very moving piece

    Regards

    Craig

  • 8 years ago

    by Ben Pickard

    Liz,

    This piece moved me immensely and I was sorry not to see it on the front page but many congratulations on your hm. This - rightly - has touched many people on this site and it certainly brought a wretched lump to my own throat.
    A special write,

    SL

  • 8 years ago

    by Kakera

    Jesus Christ this is beautiful. I cannot even begin to tell you how much I relate to this poem, especially now, mere two weeks after the first year anniversary of my best friend & soulmate's death. It's insanely bittersweet, but beautiful. Thank you.

  • 8 years ago

    by Mahal Ko Kuya Ko

    ): Life is about filling the gaps that are left inside our hearts. Sad and beautiful!

    --- MKKK

  • 8 years ago

    by Mahal Ko Kuya Ko

    ): Life is about filling the gaps that are left inside our hearts. Sad and beautiful!

    --- MKKK

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