Moon within

I kept your coat beside the kitchen chair

Though winter left three weeks ago

The pocket held a folded grocery list

And half a word I couldn't know

I climbed the hill behind the house

With every name I knew

The sky was full of distant fires

But none of them were you

I lose the moon in me

While counting all the stars

I trace the shape of where you were

And miss how close we are

The night keeps handing me its sparks

I hold them in my hands

But every little light I find

Just proves you didn't land

Your blue cup waits beside the sink

A thin ring dried along the rim

I talk to it when mornings start

As if the room might answer back again

The radio says clear skies now

The forecast promises

But weather never learned the weight

Of someone else's kiss

I lose the moon in me

While counting all the stars

I trace the shape of where you were

And miss how close we are

The night keeps handing me its sparks

I hold them in my hands

But every little light I find

Just proves you didn't land

If I stop looking up

Will the dark become less wide?

If I say your name once more

Will it turn and take my side?

I lost the moon in me

While counting all the stars

I found a thousand ways to leave

And none to where you are

The night keeps handing me its sparks

They settle, then they fade

I close my eyes and feel the dark

Still keeping what you gave

Still keeping what you gave

Still keeping what you gave