Sadness left today
He didn’t tell me though
I looked around to see him there
I looked above and below

But he took his bag and off he went
No note or friendly call
No nudge or hunch or ‘see you soon’
No goodbye at all

His absence brought a silence
I thought I might embrace
But instead, a voiceless dissonance
Sat faintly in his place

He had become a piece of me
A piece of me that meant
A part of you was here with me
A part of you I kept

Was thinking I could keep you
Like asking the sun to stay?
Should I leave this space to find him
Or accept he went away?