Absence Engine

The machine still runs… But it doesn’t sound the same. ⸻ The cup still waits The shoes still stand The dust still settles On your plans And I walk past The place you were Like not looking Will make it blur ⸻ Time ticks through An empty gear It spins, but something’s Gone from here ⸻ ABSENCE ENGINE — TURN WITHOUT YOU GRINDING DAYS INTO SOMETHING NEW I’M A SHADOW OF WHO I WAS A FRACTURE SPINNING JUST BECAUSE Your name still hums Inside my chest A quiet drone That won’t find rest I see your face In idle things A flicker lost In turning rings ⸻ Time ticks through An empty gear It spins, but something’s Gone from here —— ABSENCE ENGINE — MAKE ME WHOLE GIVE ME BACK THE PART YOU STOLE I WIND THE HOURS, BREATHE THE GRIEF BUT NOTHING GIVES ME BACK BELIEF ⸻ I don’t cry when they ask me I cry when nothing asks When silence folds around me And calls itself a task ⸻ Time ticks through An empty gear It spins, but something’s Gone from here ABSENCE ENGINE — STALLS AND FADES LOOPS OF MEMORY, TURNING BLADES THE PIECES MOVE, BUT I DO NOT YOU ARE THE PIECE THAT TIME FORGOT