Lingering Heartstrings

Your coffee cup is still beside the sink

I pass it every morning,

stop and think

The silence knows the shape

of your goodbye

It lives in every corner of this house tonight

I tell myself that time will change the view

But every road I take still leads to you

I’m learning how to lose you slowly

One empty room,

one night at a time

I hold the pieces of our story

Like broken glass I’m scared to leave behind If loving you

was all I knew Then who am I when I’m not missing

you?

Your sweater keeps the rain

out of my hands

I wear it like a promise

I can’t understand

The photographs are faces in a flame

I turn them down,

but I still say your name

I thought the worst would be the last goodbye

But it’s the little things that never die

Maybe someday I’ll hear our song

And it won’t feel like something’s wrong

Maybe your shadow will fade from the wall

Maybe I’ll stand and not fall

I’m learning how to lose you slowly Though every breath still feels

like a lie I’ll let the pieces of our story

Fall from my hands and finally say goodbye If loving you was

all I knew

I’ll find a life that doesn’t circle you

Even if tonight

I’m still missing you