The five stages of grief - The Chair That Stayed Empty (Denial)

I still set the table like before,

Two plates beside the kitchen door.

I pour your tea, I call your name,

Pretending things are still the same.

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Your jacket hangs beside the hall,

Your shadow dances on the wall.

Your favorite song still fills the air,

As if you're simply not quite there.

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They tell me time will heal the pain,

That I should stop expecting rain.

They say the truth is mine to face,

That you have left this empty place.

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But no, I know you will return,

The kettle waits, the candles burn.

You're just delayed, you're running late,

Like all those times you made me wait.

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Perhaps tomorrow you'll walk inside,

With that familiar, gentle smile.

Perhaps you'll laugh and ask me why

I look at you as if you died.

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So let them say what they believe,

Let them tell me it's time to grieve.

I'll keep your chair, I'll keep the light,

And wait for you another night.

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Because accepting you're really gone

Feels like admitting I was wrong.

And if denial is where I stay...

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