

I kept the room the way you left it
Like silence could explain
Your name still lives in little corners
On coffee cups and window glass
I wear a steady face for strangers
Then fall apart when they all pass
I thought time would turn the key now
I thought night would make it fade
But every small and ordinary moment Brings me back to where you
stayed And I can feel it rushing under
Every word I never said
Something in me leans toward losing
Something in me wants you yet
If you walk back through my door tonight I would break like
dawn into the sky
All the hurt and all the heavy blue Would turn to light
the second I saw you But you are gone and I am
still right here Holding on to what will not reappear So I
sing to the space you moved through Like somehow it could carry
me to you
Now the streetlights catch the rainfall
And every drop becomes your shape
I keep making peace in pieces Then watching all of it escape
Friends say let the morning help me
Let the days do what they do But healing has a slower
rhythm When the heart still runs to you And I can feel
the ceiling lifting
Like the truth is closing in I was strong until I heard
your memory Move beneath my skin
If you walk back through my door tonight
I would break like dawn into the sky All the hurt and
all the heavy blue Would turn to light the second I saw
you But you are gone and I am still right
here Holding
on to what will not reappear
So I sing to
the space you moved through Like somehow it could carry me to
you Maybe love does not leave cleanly Maybe it stays in the
seams Maybe I will learn to hold this
ache Without undoing at the dream
I leave the lamp on by the hallway I let the last
note bloom
And in the quiet after midnight
I make a little
room