Then you leave

The coffee cup still sits where you left it Half full now cold like the bed we once shared I trace the cracks on my phone screen pretending They’re maps to the places you never cared The TV hums some old show we used to watch Laugh tracks echo but I don’t make a sound I hate the sun for rising without you I hate the world for spinning like it do I keep the lights off so the walls don’t talk And I don’t move just in case I lose Your sweater smells like smoke and last December I wear it thin just to feel something close The mail piles up unopened envelopes Of bills and things that nobody knows The neighbors ask if I’m doing okay I smile and say it’s just one of those days I hate the sun for rising without you I hate the world for spinning like it do I keep the lights off so the walls don’t talk And I don’t move just in case I lose Maybe time will paint it different shades But right now all the colors fade to gray I hate the sun for rising without you I hate the world for spinning like it do I keep the lights off so the walls don’t talk And I don’t move just in case I lose