"I miss you" There are no three words in the English language more inadequate. I am burning in frustration to express what these three bland banal base boring simply do not convey. "I miss you" does not convey the wrenching pain, the lonesome silences, the unsatisfied hunger, the eternity of sufferings that each day seems to bring. "I miss you" does not contain the raging fire, the hurricane, the pouring rain of emotion behind its paltry three syllables. "I miss you" does not carry the plaintive note of the sad tune that birthed the phrase. "I miss you" does not describe how it feels to awaken cold and alone. "I miss you" does not tell you that I thought of you a thousand times today, or that I long to taste your lips, to see you smile, to hear your voice. But I miss you. And I hope you understand.