You still would be if you had never chosen to leave. Every night of my life now ends the same way. I lay on my side and cling to a pillow...just to have something to hold. I stare at the vacancy of where you used to lay and when I reach over, a tear runs down my face because your side of the bed is just so cold now. I've told myself to move on and Heaven knows I've tried. I chased temptation anywhere I could find it. The truth is that I couldn't bring myself to take these men home with me...because, they're not you. It's your touch and your touch only that completes me. You said I would be better off without you. Coming home to an empty bed, crying myself to sleep, is this really better for me?
So, I lay awake and I imagine. I imagine you're coming home.
I imagine that you are coming home from work just as you had many nights before and you are exhausted. Your job has you working weeks on end without a day off. I always missed you, but I never complained. If it wasn't for your job you surely would not have a future, and we wouldn't have a future either. It paraded you with guilt all those times you wanted to see me and couldn't. I could see it in your face that you felt horrible for leaving me alone. In my mind, time apart always made the heart grow fonder. I felt bad that you always felt bad and as you sat down on the far corner of the bottom of the bed, I crawl up behind you, I rest my chin on your shoulder and look at you. Out of the corner of your eye all you can see is my long, black hair, dangling over your shoulder. You can hardly see me, but you feel my soft kiss against your cheek. You grin and then tell me about your stressful day at work. You had to cover for the guy who always shows up late, you had to show the newbie the ropes of the place, and you had to lift all the heavy packages because ol' Scotty threw his back out again. All the while your supervisor gives you grief for everyone else's mistakes.