The door closed softer than I thought
No echo in the hall
The room exhaled a quiet breath
Like it remembered how to be alone
Your shape left on the chair
Faded faster than I guessed
Even shadows find their place
When nothing’s left to stress
I didn’t rush to fill the air
Didn’t ask it to explain
Some silence heals itself
When you don’t call it pain
When the room settles
So do I
Nothing leaning
Nothing why
The walls don’t hold your name
They just stand
When the room settles
I understand
The clock returns to just a sound
Not something counting you
I stopped noticing what’s gone
And started noticing the room
Light falls where it always did
Like nothing had to change
Peace doesn’t need a witness
To quietly remain
No memory rearranged
No meaning left to chase
I let the room remember
Its original shape
When the room settles
Breath comes easy
No heavy corners
Looking at me
I don’t ask the night for signs
I don’t replay
When the room settles
I stay
Maybe we were just a pause
In the furniture of time
Nothing broken, nothing lost
Just no longer aligned
When the room settles
Morning feels near
Not bright, not loud
Just clear
If I think of you at all
It’s gentle, not regret
When the room settles
I let
The air is still
And kind