The year you were gone
the sun didn't stop rising
it was as yellow as it had ever been
the sky wasn't dark, it was blue
it didn't shed a tear and there was no lightning.
The year you were gone
birds didn't stop singing and humming
the rivers didn't stop flowing
and the mountains didn't crumble
the grasses were also evergreen.
The year you were gone
the earth didn't stop rotating
and the planets were still on their orbits
the solar system didn't collapse
the world didn't experience chaos
it continued like you were never here in the first place.
There was nothing different
nothing changed when you went
but I was the only one left alone
with a big hole in my heart.
And I had to deal with the firsts
first times without you
the very first year you weren't here
was the hardest thing I had to go through.
Because the year you were gone
Everything was in its place
Everything except you.