The Ash Tray

10/25/2024

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.

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Becky Hemsley Poetry 2024

09/20/2024

Is it a sacrifice to leave, or is it a sacrifice to stay?

09/20/2024

Does she need you because she loves you? Or does she love you because she needs you?

09/09/2024

Everything is temporary.

08/17/2024

And somehow they normalized profiting off of sick people.

05/18/2024

I've come to realize not all of us are meant to lead happy lives.

Without hurting anyone, sometimes I just want it to be over.

05/06/2024

It takes a special kind of woman to love a man that makes less money than her.

04/18/2024

Some days, happiness just runs faster than me.

04/16/2024

04/10/2024

No, you don't always need to tell your side of the story.

Time will.