Everyday I come home
I forget your absence
I open the door
To an empty shell
Which reminds me of
Your presence
There are no hugs
And deep sighs
The couch is cold
Without you on it
Smiling your
Come to me smile
My words are meaningless
For they aren’t answering
Your endless questions;
My jokes are bereft of
Your scandalized chiding
And my walls are silent
Without your echoing laughter
My city of a decade
Seems alien without you
The roads are barren
With snow and without you
Even the river isn’t flowing
Without your love
Within a year you’ve become
So much more to me
The magic of my days
The reason behind my work
The answer to my prayers
The life in my life
And in these days away
From you
I am but a memory of
You and me