"So queitly"

 

I missed you quietly today..

So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed, and I brushed my teeth.

When I waited at the lights on the drive into campus and as I heard the rain outside my window.

I missed you as I ordered lunch,

And as I kicked off my shoes when I got home,

As I switched off the lights, and I climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears, or noise, or fanfare,

But oh how I felt it….

I felt in the morning, at lunchtime, in the evening and at night..

I felt it as I woke… as I waited, as I worked.

I felt it at home, on the road, in the light, in the dark, in the rain…

I felt it in every one of those moments.

Each one sitting heavier and heavier, as the weight of me missing you kept growing and growing.

Yes, I missed you so quietly today.

But I felt it so loudly..