Found your lighter in my coat last night
Tucked in the lining, next to firelight
A half-spent smoke and broken clasp
Reminded me of all we had
The scent of you still ghosts the sleeve
Mixed with smoke and disbelief
You always left in quiet ways
No slam of doors, just falling haze
Ashes in my jacket — proof you burned
Every thread still aches and yearns
You lit me up, then disappeared
Left your embers in my mirror
I wear this coat like it’s my skin
Stained with sparks of what has been
Ashes fall, but they don’t fade
You left your mark, and it stayed
That back porch where you'd lean and breathe
Still smells like dusk and tangerine
You always smoked when things got tense
Each exhale hid your innocence
I’d watch the curl rise through the dusk
While holding truths we dared not trust
Now I walk streets with collar raised
Trying to chase what can’t be saved
Ashes in my jacket — proof you burned
Every thread still aches and yearns
You lit me up, then disappeared
Left your embers in my mirror
I wear this coat like it’s my skin
Stained with sparks of what has been
Ashes fall, but they don’t fade
You left your mark, and it stayed
You said love’s a fleeting flame
But never told me it leaves a name
On sleeves and seams and things unsaid
Like fire trails in a stranger’s bed
I’ll hang this coat, but not let go
It holds the storm I never showed
Ashes stay where touch once lived
A trace of love I still forgive