I miss you.
And those words sound strange.
Like a shot gone crooked,
Or someone missed their train.
I miss you.
But it doesn’t fit at all,
The feeling inside me
That makes me want to call.
Call out your name
And scream out the distance.
Pull back the boundaries
Shed my own secret resistance.
Because I’m really scared
Of this whole story.
As if something broke here
And that it will always be empty.
I miss you.
But it doesn’t sound the same.
My words seem hollow
Like an empty picture frame.
I miss you.
A thousand times a day.
But I shut down
And grieve.
And then find another way.
Another way to still press forward.
Another way to stand.
Another way to trust the Almighty,
And place this in His hands.
