I wanted to tell you,
I read some poems out loud to a room
full of people. I thought of you
through it, and when I sat down, I wanted
to hear what you’d say. I didn’t
write these few about you, but
one of them I see as yours –
you read it and asked,
how did you learn to weave meaning like that?
I listened again to your voice yesterday,
and this time to mine
in reply. I wanted to tell you,
how beautiful we were
for a while.

—Published 6th of November 2026

About Frances Rigby

Frances Rigby is an astrophysicist living and working in London. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and works full-time researching planets beyond our Solar System. She writes poetry and prose to process and find meaning in life here on Earth.