Gone

A grief song in English and Arabic. The speaker still sets two cups and still sees her coat hanging behind the door. Nothing has moved since she left, and he would trade every good tomorrow for one ordinary evening together. He says he is not angry, he just misses her, the way she said his name. He finds her handwriting on an old grocery list and ends up on the kitchen floor, undone by something as small as bread and milk. People told him time will ease the pain, but he says it only makes the pain quieter. Half of him left with her. She is still there in every small detail, and the love she left behind is something he simply carries.