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What About You Do I Miss Most?

I miss your eyes smiling at me,
and all the love I saw there.
And I miss your smile, of course,
and the fresh smell of your hair.

I miss your little songs so,
that you sang so sweetly off key,
goofing up most of the lyrics,
making some up special for me.

And how I miss the little notes,
each reminder or sweet hello,
some silly and some all business,
how I loved to read them so.

I miss all those many hints of yours,
some subtle and some all too clear,
and I picked up on most of them,
at least those that I could hear.

Some things I miss I bring back,
things I can hear and see again,
if only in pictures or memories,
they bring me back to there and then.

But your touch I just can't bring back,
so I guess I miss it most of all,
the nearness of you a' pulse,
a heart beat, beside me, beyond recall.

copyright 2001 Roland Ricker