Hello, I'm Jian Yang.

I missed you today, but no one knew.
I didn’t cry tears and I didn’t look blue.
Nobody thought I seemed slightly askew.
I walked all through the day thinking all about you.

I missed you today and nobody could tell.
I felt heavy and sad, but I covered it well.
I laughed out loud at jokes, didn’t once undersell.
Barely got through the day and I hurt like hell.

I missed you today, but I did it so quiet.
No one knew I was selling, but made everyone buy it.
Thought of you every second, didn’t try to deny it.
It might have seemed small, but to me it felt giant.

I missed you today from the morning to night.
From my dawn alarm clock till I closed both my eyes.
You drove with me to work, helped me turn out my lights.
It looked like a breeze, but it felt like a fight.

I missed you today and it made me wonder.
If I feel like this, then there must be others.
Making grief look like sunshine when it feels like thunder.
How many I spoke to also gained full thunder.

I missed you today and will every day too.
Still discreetly miss theirs and I’ll softly miss you.
We’ll see all the colours of the black and white hue.
And that is just something that grief will do.

This poem is from an Instagram reel, and it resonated deeply with me.

Wouldn’t it be great if AI could generate videos using other videos as references? That way, the movement in generated videos could resemble real life more closely. For example, imagine a generated video of your dog moving just as she does in real life.

Such a joy to watch videos like this. Ikea’s philosophy reminds me of Costco.

Inside IKEA: The Brilliant Trick That Makes You Buy More