I miss you
without ever saying it out loud
You’re here
but you might as well not be
Close enough to touch
but somehow
further than you’ve ever been
I could sit right in front of you
and still be overlooked
like background noise
you’ve learnt to live with
but never really hear
I’m here
in the same room
breathing the same air
but to you
I’m just something in the way
something you move around
not towards
I miss when I was everything to you
when your world felt smaller
because it was just me and you inside it
When your eyes searched for me
without even thinking
like I was home
and you always knew the way back
Now your attention drifts
like I’m something temporary
like I was never meant to stay
Now it’s everything before me
and I come after it all
if I come at all
How can someone feel so alone
while sitting right beside you?
How can silence be this loud
when there are so many words
we’re not saying
I feel like a ghost
not fully gone
but never really seen
I exist in the spaces between your thoughts
in the pauses
in the seconds you don’t notice me
Just enough for you to sense me
but never enough
for you to reach out
And it’s exhausting
loving someone
who no longer looks at you the same
It drains you slowly
like holding onto something
that’s already let go
I find myself missing you
while you’re still right here
missing your voice
even when you speak
missing your touch
even when you’re close
I wish you’d hold me again
like you used to
like I was something fragile
you didn’t want to lose
Back when your arms felt like safety
and not something I have to remember
Back when our only argument
was who loved the other more
Back when love felt certain
and not something slipping through my hands
Now I think I know the truth
even if you won’t say it
I think we both feel it
in the distance between us
I think we both know
the answer now
Feb 16
Feb 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTC
I miss you
without ever saying it out loud
You’re here
but you might as well not be
Close enough to touch
but somehow
further than you’ve ever been
I could sit right in front of you
and still be overlooked
like background noise
you’ve learnt to live with
but never really hear
I’m here
in the same room
breathing the same air
but to you
I’m just something in the way
something you move around
not towards
I miss when I was everything to you
when your world felt smaller
because it was just me and you inside it
When your eyes searched for me
without even thinking
like I was home
and you always knew the way back
Now your attention drifts
like I’m something temporary
like I was never meant to stay
Now it’s everything before me
and I come after it all
if I come at all
How can someone feel so alone
while sitting right beside you?
How can silence be this loud
when there are so many words
we’re not saying
I feel like a ghost
not fully gone
but never really seen
I exist in the spaces between your thoughts
in the pauses
in the seconds you don’t notice me
Just enough for you to sense me
but never enough
for you to reach out
And it’s exhausting
loving someone
who no longer looks at you the same
It drains you slowly
like holding onto something
that’s already let go
I find myself missing you
while you’re still right here
missing your voice
even when you speak
missing your touch
even when you’re close
I wish you’d hold me again
like you used to
like I was something fragile
you didn’t want to lose
Back when your arms felt like safety
and not something I have to remember
Back when our only argument
was who loved the other more
Back when love felt certain
and not something slipping through my hands
Now I think I know the truth
even if you won’t say it
I think we both feel it
in the distance between us
I think we both know
the answer now
