I Miss from Please Hold by Simone Eringfeld

I miss…

Being in a classroom, with people
Doing work together with others in a library,
Or in a café, even with/out talking,
Simply feeling, I’m not alone

I miss…

The university cafes,
Afternoons of coffee with colleagues,
And the occasional piece of cake
Hearing people talking in the background
And music playing softly, under café lights

I miss…

The smells, tones, sounds, vibrations,
All these aesthetic aspects of Being
Together, physically
Nourish and sustain this dreary work
Of dissertations

I miss…

Feeling like I’m part of an academic community
The in-between study breaks, where you are with peers
And someone asks you: ‘Have you read this or that yet?’
And you go: ‘No but tell me more!’

I miss…

Being out with people, interacting face-to-face
Understanding each other’s emotions,
Running into people randomly,
Starting conversations,
Spontaneously, in corridors

I miss…

The sense of somebody else,
Not even through touch
But by occupying the same physical space

That sense of presence
With people
In person

I miss…

Human contact

• Electronic
• Spoken Word
• a capella
• acapella
• accapella
• covid music
• covid19
• education
• emotional
• female acapella
• nostalgic
• poetry
• poetry on music
• pop
• sad
• storytelling
• Cambridge