Morning light on empty chairs
Your name still hangs in the air
I trace the steam from my coffee cup
Like I’m tracing us
Windows hum with passing cars
But everything here feels paused
You’re not calling, not around
Still, you’re everywhere
I don’t try to hold the past
But it slips into my hands
Like a song I didn’t plan
To remember
You stay, softly
Like a melody I can’t erase
No pain, no sorry
Just your voice in quiet space
I don’t need you close to me
I don’t need you to explain
You stay, softly
And that’s enough for me
Late afternoon, vinyl slow
Every note feels like you know
How to lean into the calm
And let it breathe
Footsteps fade, the doorbell rings
Someone laughs, the radio sings
But my heart moves at your speed
So easily
I don’t chase the what-ifs now
I let silence talk it out
There’s a peace I didn’t doubt
With you gone
You stay, softly
Like a melody I can’t erase
No rush, no worry
Just your echo in this place
I don’t need another truth
I don’t need to call your name
You stay, softly
And that’s enough for me
Maybe love is just a sound
That doesn’t need to be loud
Just a warmth when you’re alone
At the table, by the window
You stay, softly
In the spaces I don’t fill
Still you hold me
Like the night air standing still
I don’t ask for more than this
I don’t wish it went away
You stay, softly
And I’m okay
Softly…
You stay