Empty Cup

I woke up slow

Your side was cold

The room held still

Like it knew too much

Your shoes were gone

Your key was gone

But your name stayed here

On the edge of my tongue

I checked the door

I checked my phone

One quiet line

And then nothing at all

No note, no trace

Just a half-breath trace

The shape you left

In the hallway wall

You disappeared

You disappeared

And I still hear

The shape of you

You disappeared

You disappeared

(I still hear you)

In the empty blue

I made the bed

For a ghost of you

Poured too much coffee

And watched it go cold

The chair by the sink

Keeps leaning right

Like it saw you leave

And won’t tell me how

Your shirt on the floor

Your glass in the dish

I keep touching things

Like they might talk back

I walked the block

I called your name

The morning just

Kept its mouth shut

Every window

Had my face

Reflected back

In the wrong kind of light

You disappeared

You disappeared

And I still hear

The shape of you

You disappeared

You disappeared

(I still hear you)

In the empty blue

If you had to go

Why leave the air?

Why leave your laugh

In the stairwell there?

I keep replaying

A broken scene

Where you turn around

But never say goodbye

You disappeared

You disappeared

And I still hear

The shape of you

You disappeared

You disappeared

You disappeared

You disappeared

And I still hear

The shape of you

You disappeared

You disappeared

(come back, come back)

In the empty blue

You disappeared

You disappeared

And I still reach

For the place you were