Teeth On The Pillow

You left your jacket

Hanging off my chair

Smells like last winter

Colder than the air

Scrolling through messages

That I never send

Typing and erasing

Like I could rewrite the end

You left your teeth on the pillow

All of your bite in my bed

I keep your ghost in the mirror

Playing our fights in my head

If I’m the monster

Why am I the one who bled?

You left your teeth on the pillow

Now you’re the ache instead

I wear your necklace

Just to feel the weight

Little silver choke chain

Teaching me to wait

Tell me you’re healing

Tell me you forget

I’m painting over claw marks

But the walls still know you yet

You left your teeth on the pillow

All of your bite in my bed

I keep your ghost in the mirror

Playing our fights in my head

If I’m the monster

Why am I the one who bled?

You left your teeth on the pillow

Now you’re the ache instead

I still flinch at your first name (first name)

Like a match in my throat

Thought I needed saving

You just watched me float

I’m still chewing on the words

That you never said

Every silent little hurt

Every promise left for dead

You left your teeth on the pillow

All of your bite in my bed

I keep your ghost in the mirror

Playing our fights in my head

If I’m the monster

Why am I the one who bled?

You left your teeth on the pillow

Now I sleep with you in my head