I’m going to miss you forever,
Did you know that?
I will spend the rest of my life
Missing you
In big ways and in small ways in medium ways and all ways
I’m going to miss you
There aren’t many things that last forever
But missing people never ends
Even people you shouldn’t miss or don’t want to miss
Or who don’t deserve to be missed
That feeling will creep in like a robber on his tiptoes
He’s in there and there’s nothing you can do about it
And it’s a beautiful thing
Because I know I’ll never forget to keep missing you
Even when the spaces in between remembering and forgetting get longer
But it’s awful
Because you only get to miss someone once their gone
Sometimes I’ll miss you, and I’ll know that’s what I’m doing
And sometimes it’s just emptiness or an ache that creeps in
And it takes me a moment to ponder what hurts
and where it’s coming from
And my body then clues in to the difference
Between the pain of a cut on my hand
And the grief of you being gone
And then I’ll remember
And I’ll miss you then too
For all my days not every day but in little pieces until the end of time
And I am going to miss you, forever
And I find so much peace and so much pain in that
All at once ~ Josie Balka
