Then You Were Gone

Then You Were Gone

You sat beside me with your hand near mine

Talking of futures and warmer times

Nothing around us suggested farewell

No warning shadow, no funeral bell

The kettle was boiling, the curtains half drawn

Ordinary moments before you were gone

One second breathing beneath soft lamplight

The next just silence swallowing night

People say death comes peaceful and slow

Sometimes it strikes before anyone knows

One sudden collapse, one unfinished breath

A whole world shattered in moments by death

Then you were gone and the room changed shape

Air turning heavy impossible to escape

Even the walls seemed colder somehow

Still I can barely believe it now

Your glasses remained by the side of the chair

The scent of your soap still clung to the air

Everything ordinary twisted with pain

Nothing familiar felt gentle again

I called your name though I knew it too late

Grief makes the heart argue hard against fate

Part of me waits for your key in the door

Certain you’ll walk through and smile once more

Then you were gone simple hard and abrupt

Leaving behind all the love interrupted

Some goodbyes never feel fully real

No matter how many years fail to heal

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