I Miss You

I miss you-

Your happy, wide smile,

Your dancing eyes,

Wisdom of the years;

Words unnecessary.

I miss your caring embrace;

I was well esteemed;

Now -I am invisible.

Grief upon grief –

You said no ‘goodbye’.

I’d send you smiles –

Enough for a lifetime

If I knew that you would see them.

They would light up your room-

Warm you from the cold –

Be with you always.

But I miss you…

And you may never know.

© M.Patterson 2016