I miss you in the quiet moments
when the world slows
just enough
for your absence to echo
I miss your laugh
tucked between my thoughts
your voice folded into the silence
like a secret waiting to be told
the days stretch long
without your light
and even the sun
seems unsure of where to shine
but I carry your memory
like a song I hum
without meaning to
soft and familiar
aching and true
The Creative Chic
The Creative Chic 
This is so hauntingly beautiful! I can feel the softness and aching tone in your words. I loved the way the flow ended here too! Goodness, I really hope you know and understand just how beautiful YOU truly are! And if someone else ever told you different then I would give them this 🖕🏻 LOL! 😂
Oh goodness! Thank you so much for a beautiful comment ❤️ I sure hope you know how beautiful you are too! I mean, it takes one to know one. I heard that somewhere once…. or twice…. ❤️🙂
As Lionel Richie would say, “Three times a ladyyyyy!” 😂❤️🙂💞
Well, there is that 😂
Absence, …described so emotively, …and so well, …✨
Thank you for the kind words 🩷
Aching, indeed. 💙
Thank you so much 💙
❤
Back at you ❤️ a million times
Love “your laugh / tucked between my thoughts” and “your voice folded into the silence” Great lines!
Thank you so much!
So Loved This!!!! I love the way you capture what the silence and quiet holds! Especially, loved your opening:
I miss you in the quiet momentswhen the world slowsjust enoughfor your absence to echo
Bellissimo, My Dear, Bellissimo!!Chuck 🙂 xoxo
Thank you dear, Chuck! Merry Christmas from me over here in Florida 🎅🤶🎄
Hope you and yours had a great Christmas!!! Now it’s New Year’s Eve! Hope you have a fun New Year’s Eve!!! You might want to do a tradition my wife’s Japanese Stepmom always did and she has done every year I’ve know her except for last year. I’m guessing you know now how our 2025 went??? LOL You imaging is probably spot on!!
So the tradition is at the stroke of midnight someone is standing ready at the stroke of midnight on Jan 1 to take a broom at the front and back door and sweep out the Demons!!! Wish we had done that last year. Won’t ever miss that tradition again!! LOL
Chuck 😁💖💕🌹
Oh wow, lol yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking it was! I may need to try that too!
I think first time participants are granted a one week extension??? Time is ticking! LOL
You’ve used terrific imagery here 🙂. Abstract and wonderful!
Thank you so much sweet friend. Lovely to see you here 🙂