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Looking for your shadow

[Verse 1] Burnt toast on the plate Half-read book on the chair Your sweater on my doorway hook Like you’re still half there Mug ring on the table Shaped like a tiny moon I trace the same old orbits Still thinking you’ll be home soon [Chorus] Coffee stain constellations On this wobbly Thrift-store wood I connect them into faces Like I always knew I would Same cup Same spoon Same station But the morning’s not the same I keep looking for your shadow In a brown Uneven stain [Verse 2] Window leaking sunrise Dust dancing in the beam Our photo by the kettle Looks braver than it seems You circled all your deadlines On the calendar in red I circle all the quiet days Where your laugh used to live instead [Chorus] [Bridge] Maybe it’s nothing Just a habit I can’t break But I keep finding pieces Of the life we didn’t save So I drink it down to dregs Close one eye, tilt my head There you are In tiny specks Saying “Hey—get up out of bed” [Chorus] Coffee stain constellations On this wobbly Thrift-store wood I connect them into memories Like I promised that I would Same cup Same spoon Same station But the world’s not where you stayed I keep reading all my grief now In a brown Uneven stain