If my connection to this world ended tomorrow,
If I was abducted by aliens or locked in a prison,
became a refugee in a desert camp,
banished to a heaven or hell
forced to live a new life,
I would miss a lot of things
I’d miss chicken enchiladas
Hamburger gravy, fried chicken
I’d miss watching Mt St Helens erupt
I’d miss line dancing
I’d miss Abbott & Costello
Old radio detective mysteries
I’d miss the sound of our children’s laughter
I’d miss camping next to the railroad tracks
Waking at night to the sound of thundering locomotives
I’d miss bedtime
I’d miss windblown sleet on my face in January
The sting of sweat in my eyes in the summer
I’d miss B movies that no one knows about
I’d miss the sound of water trickling
from a lava cliff onto my head
shivers as the icy water runs down my back
I'd miss wrapping Christmas gifts at midnight
I’d miss chilly mornings with frosty windows
building fires in the fireplace
I’d miss Antiques Road Show
I’d miss the sun setting behind whale spouts,
while the wind blows a chill into my bones.
I’d miss waking in the middle of the night
To feel someone crawling into bed
I’d miss Elite Skills
I'd miss waterfall spray,
Ocean waves crashing on the rocks
The sound of a fish splashing in a still lake
I’d miss songbirds in the treetops at noon
The call of a loon just before sunrise
I’d miss my father’s smile
But most of all,
The one thing that would make it all unbearable,
I’d miss sharing all of this with you.
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Submission Name: Things I'd Miss
