backthen


There's a picture on my wall
that's like the face you wore
before I lost you

There's a letter on the table
that's full of words you wrote
notes from now and then

There's a hanger in my closet
with no coat or scarf upon it
rattling emptily when I close the door

There's a moment in the evening
when things are barely breathing
and silence lays like skin

And in the silence
over the distance
I remember back to then


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