Quietly by Becky Hemsley

By Janet Carr on July 3, 2024

I missed you quietly today. So quietly that no one noticed.

I missed you as I climbed out of bed and as I brushed my teeth; when I waited at the lights on the drive into work 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 climbed into bed for the night.

I missed you without tears or noise or fanfare.

But oh how I felt it.

I felt it 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.

(Becky Hemsley 2024)

Artwork by Lilymoon

'Quietly' is a newer poem but there are similar in my book of grief and loss poetry https://amzn.eu/d/ePSd4yb

This is also available as a free download on my website, as a print on my Etsy store and I have just ordered some postcards of it to stock on Etsy as well. They should be here by the middle of this week xx [source]