MISSING YOU SO MUCH

I look at myself and don’t recognize myself.

There is an after you.

I roam the night like a horse without a bridle,

But with spurs digging into my flesh.

My heart is fragile and an abyss of memories lies beneath
My feet…

The pillar of your absence on the line of the sky

Tenacious connection of your memory, is the hateful
Certainty of the final.

The fact that you only remain in my memory

Sometimes, it’s hard for me to breathe,
I feel the weight of loneliness,

That floods my soul

Everything about you is an oratory,
taking you to heaven
You are here, in my dreams.

If a part of me didn’t hide like a wounded beast

If a part of me didn’t deny the lease of my soul and your absence
If a prescribed part of me didn’t include the pauses and the silences.
Then, my dear husband, I could smile without missing you so much…

December 6, 2025 Buenos Aires

GRACIELA NOEMI VILLAVERDE is a writer and poet from Concepción del Uruguay (Entre Rios) Argentina, based in Buenos Aires She graduated in letters and is the author of seven books of poetry, awarded several times worldwide. She works as the World Manager of Educational and Social Projects of the Hispanic World Union of Writers and is the UHE World Honorary President of the same institution Activa de la Sade, Argentine Society of Writers. She is the Commissioner of Honor in the executive cabinet IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS DIVISION, of the UNACCC SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA CHAPTER.