Last Cry Parted

(sigh) The front door clicked shut

Car keys on the wooden tray Your jacket is missing from the

hall

And nothing else is in the way

I hear the refrigerator hum

Louder than it ever used to be

Just me

It isn't screaming or breaking glass

It's just the silence coming in so

fast

Two coffee cups down to one on the shelf

Learning how

to talk to myself

Your ring mark on the cedar table

Water drying in the midday sun

I didn't think the heavy part Would be sitting here

when it is done

The clock on the wall ticks steady and slow

Reminding me you didn't just walk out

You let me go

It isn't screaming or breaking glass

It's just the silence coming in so fast

Two coffee cups down to one on

the shelf

Learning how to talk to myself (ohhh)

Just one cup

Just the quiet now (mmmmm)