The Shape You Left

I still pour two cups of coffee

Still open the door like you're behind me

Every step feels like a lie

'Cause the world kept going- and you said goodbye

Your jacket's on the back of the chair

I run my hands through empty air

Still hear your voice in morning rain

But it's just the wind- saying your name

They say you fade with time

But I can still feel you like a spine

You're the shape that silence makes

In the middle of the day

You're the pause between my breathing

The colour that won't fade

I try to fill the space you were

But nothing fits quite right

You're gone- but somehow still taking up my life

I don't cry the way I thought I would

It's more like sinking when I should

Be learning how to let you go

But grief has teeth, and it won't show

I see you in the simplest things

A song, a scent, the way bells ring

And every time, I come undone

As if I'd forgotten you were gone

The world keeps calling me forward

But I'm stitched to your last word

You're the shape that silence makes

In the corner of the room

You're the ghost of every sentence

That ends too soon

I try to fill the space you were

But nothing fits quite right

You're gone- but still with me every night

Some say time is kind

But I'm still stuck in the "why?"

And no one ever tells you

How to live when love dies

You're the shape that silence make

And I carry you each day

Not in pictures or in pages

But in everything I say

I try to move, I try to mend

But you weren't just a chapter-

You were the end