Absence

I look for you
in all the old familiar places
but you aren't there.

Your chair is empty
and so are your shoes.
Your shirts hang lonely
in the closet.
Your socks lie motionless
in the drawer.

Where are you?
Why did you go?
Why won't you come back?

I still love you.
I will always love you.
You took my heart with you when you left.
I will take your shirts with me wherever I go.

Your empty shirts.
My empty heart.

Sadness
fills all the old familiar places.

© 2009 Suzanne Raymer

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