All The Times I Find Myself Missing You

i.

when i’m driving at night down a back road with a slow country song on the radio.

ii.

when i’m sitting at a coffee shop alone and there’s a cute couple sitting together laughing on the couch.

iii.

when it’s late and i’m feeling lonely. sometimes i think about texting you but the thought passes after a few seconds.

iv.

when it’s snowing outside.

v.

when i’m at a concert and the artist says “i’m going to slow this next one down for ya.”

vi.

when i’m drunk.

vii.

when it’s raining and i can hear it hitting off the tin roof.

viii.

when the winter holidays start to roll in.

ix.

when i haven’t talked to a single person all day.

x.

when i’m feeling vulnerable.

xi.

when i wake up and you’re not next to me.

xii.

when i wake up in the middle of the night and check my phone, only to see there are no unread messages.

xiii.

when i think about the past and how much happier i was back then.

xiv.

when i’m home alone for the night and i wish i had someone to call to keep me company.

xv.

the rare occasion when i watch a movie on the couch alone.

xvi.

when i go out with my friends and they all go home with someone, and i go home alone.

xvii.

when i hear Springsteen by Eric Church.

xviii.

when i feel lower than low and have no one really here to help pick me up.

xix.

when i wake up to someone who isn’t you.

xx.

when i see the car you used to drive.

xxi.

when i look around and wonder what i’m doing with my life without you.