I Miss You

I miss you

I don’t know why I miss you

I don’t know if I miss the way it felt

When your hand touched mine

Our long talks and the way

We fit together as if we’d known each other

All our lives

I don’t know if I just miss your smile

When you looked at me

Or your lack of full attention for more

Than a few minutes

Yet your never ending list

Of adventurous things for us to do

I don’t know if I just miss

Having someone to kiss

Or knowing you will always be there

Or being able to say you’re mine

Or the letters

Or the laughs

Or the security

Or the comfort

I don’t know if I miss the moments and memories

Or the stars we gazed at

Or the times we gazed at each other

Or the secrets we shared

Or the mistakes we grew from

Or our hope for the future

Or our plans for our future

I don’t know if I just miss your cats

Or your family

Or your house

Or your touch

Maybe I just miss your presence

Maybe I only miss the thought of you

But all I know

Is that

I miss you

Don't Touch

Climbing carelessly across crimson crystals

Why were words wished away when

Mommy mumbled ‘move from my room’

She saw something slip solemnly

From frustrated fragile fingers

I tried to tug the treasures down

But tiny tots can’t try to be tough

Dazzling diamonds danced down to doom

Beautiful box breaks bity baby ‘boom’

Crimson crown cascading through carpet

A damaged dear, because I refused to hear

“My jewelry box is heavy, move away from baby.”