I Miss You

I miss you like a shoreline misses the tide, Each moment marked by your absence, stark and wide. The echo of your laughter haunts these hollow rooms, Like phantom footsteps through forgotten tombs. Days stretch long without your light to guide my way, As stars search vainly for the missing day. Your memory lingers like perfume in empty air, A ghostly presence I can sense but cannot share. I reach for words you'd say, for thoughts you'd think, Standing at memory's edge, the precipice brink. And in the quiet spaces between heartbeats, I find The shape of you, still perfect in my mind.