Rooms Without Sound CRYVEL

The clock moves,
But nothing changes.
The walls breathe
In empty spaces.

I leave the hallway light turned low
For someone who will never show.
Every room contains a trace
Of conversations out of place.

Closed door,
Cold floor.
I do not know
What I am waiting for.

The ceiling holds the words we said.
They circle slowly overhead.
I hear the building settling down,
Like it is trying not to make a sound.

Nothing moves.
Nothing stays.
Night keeps folding
Into days.

Every room
Still holds you now,
Even without sound.
These are rooms without sound,

Where your voice used to live.
Every wall keeps a secret.
Every shadow takes what I give.
These are rooms without sound,

But the silence says your name.
I keep walking through the darkness
And returning just the same.
Your coffee cup is put away.

The window turns from black to gray.
I changed the lock.
I changed the bed.
But I cannot change

What fills my head.
Slow breath.
No light.
Another empty,

Endless night.
The neighbors move behind the wall.
Their distant voices rise and fall.
I wonder how the world goes on

When one small sound is suddenly gone.
Nothing moves.
Nothing stays.
Night keeps folding

Into days.
Every room
Still holds you now,
Even without sound.

These are rooms without sound,
Where your voice used to live.
Every wall keeps a secret.
Every shadow takes what I give.

These are rooms without sound,
But the silence says your name.
I keep walking through the darkness
And returning just the same.

Do not speak.
Let it stay.
Let the silence
Take your place.

Do not move.
Do not turn.
Some empty rooms
Still have to hurt.

These are rooms without sound,
Where your voice used to live.
Every wall keeps a secret.
Every shadow takes what I give.

These are rooms without sound,
But the silence says your name.
I keep walking through the darkness
And returning just the same.

These are rooms without sound,
And I know you will not come.
Still I wait inside the quiet
For a voice that never comes.

The clock moves.
The night goes down.
I remain
In rooms without sound.