Haiku 1 – Grief
You left quietly.But your name stayed in my mouthlike a ghost I feed.
Poem: "Still Yours, Briefly"
You are stillthe jacket I never wearbut refuse to throw away.
The book I opento the same chaptereven though I've read it in silence.
You are gone.But somehowyou still echoin places I swore I cleaned.
One-line Reflection:
Grief is love with no address.
Haiku 2 – Time
The days moved forward—but your memory walked backevery time I slept.
Poem: "They Don't Tell You This"
They don't tell youyou'll lose peopleand keep their birthdays anyway.
That songs will start sounding likeaccidents.
That sometimesyou'll laugh and immediately go quiet,remembering who isn't there to hear it.
They don't tell yougrief is patient.It waits.In songs. In doors. In dreams.In your name, said by the wrong voice.
One-line Reflection:
Some goodbyes don't echo. They settle like dust and wait to be noticed.
Haiku 3 – Empty Chair
I made extra food—then remembered you were gone.I still left your plate.
Poem: "Things I Kept"
Your number's still saved.Your shirt's still folded.I kept the last text unreadbecause it feels more real than the silence.
You're not coming back.I know that.
But loss is strange.It lets you keep thingsjust long enoughto hurt.
One-line Reflection:
I don't miss you every day. Just the ones I survive.