last rift

Your coat is still

hanging by the door

I pass it

like I did before

The house knows

every step I take

But not the sound my footsteps make

I reach for the phone,

then I remember

Some goodbyes

don't

get an answer

I’m losing my mom

in a thousand small ways

In the quiet of night,

in the length of the days

I carry your name

where my

heart

used to be

And I don’t know who I am

without you with me

Your coffee cup

is turned upside down

Your picture

keeps watching

this empty town

I hear your voice

in the kitchen light

Then the silence comes back

twice as loud I

would trade

every tomorrow

For one more ordinary sorrow

If love could keep a body here

You’d never disappear

But love is all I have to hold When the room turns

cold

I’m losing my mom,

but I’ll carry your flame

Through every hard morning

that whispers your name

I’ll say what you taught me,

I’ll do what you’d do

And make a little more room

in this world

for you

Your coat

is still hanging by the door

I miss you

more than words are for