In the dying light

Of an empty room

With the window open

I have dreamed of you

   When the evening enters

Like a dark perfume

I am shadow-breathing

As if emptiness could fill me

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   In the quiet heat

Holding back the rain

I am outside waiting

And I say your name

   To the storm inside me

That will still remain

When the sky is empty

And the world goes on without you

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   The moment leaves

Almost as it came

The feeling stays

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   In every way that you were beautiful

   In every way that I refused to see

   I find a reason to forgive you now

   And leave you

   Inside me

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   In the holding on

And the letting go

Is the way you lose

And the way you grow

   When the feeling enters

Like a wounded ghost

Let the night be gentle

When I say how much I miss you

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   The moment leaves

Almost as it came

The feeling stays

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   In every way that you were beautiful

   In every way that I refused to see

   I find a reason to forgive you now

   And keep you

   Inside me

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