I left my coat on your chair Your room still wears my shape Winter erased our fingerprints But the ghost of you remains You stayed where the streetlights hum I chased neon and burning rails Was it courage or just running? I still taste your name like stale summer rain We were scraped knees and stolen bikes Cheap wine under flickering porch light Now your messages come like ghosts Fading on a cracked phone screen at night Do you still miss me like I miss the ache? Do you still miss me when the silence breaks? I miss your hand in mine, cold and unafraid We were young… we were reckless… we were saved You wanted coffee from the same old shop The cracked sidewalk where we carved our names I thought leaving made me bigger But every city tastes the same Every new bed still smells like seventeen and your cheap shampoo You say you're doing fine, I say I'm proud Then hang up and stare at the empty crowd There's always one more thing I didn't say out loud Maybe you chose the quiet roots Maybe I chose the fall Maybe we tore the same heart in two And called it growing tall I don't want to be right anymore I just want our stupid laughter Echoing down that hallway floor Do you still miss me like I miss the ache? Do you still miss me when the silence breaks? I miss your hand in mine… God, I miss the ache We were young… we were reckless… we were saved Stay a little while… Stay a little while… before we split that light (whispered, almost broken) …stay a little while…
