Im going out tonight like I normally do. I guess it's all a part of the fight of losing you. So I keep myself surrounded with familiar company. Thank god they keep me occupied, if not I couldn't Breathe.

It's hard to sleep, hard to dream without seeing you,cuz....

I....think about you all the time. When I....sleep you're all that's on my mind. Well I lie awake to the thought of you back home. But don't you worry, it only hurts when I'm alone.

So I'm going out tonight on a dinner date for two. I know it's awful to say, but I wish he was you.

Wish he'd make me move the way that you do. Would things change if you knew that.....

It's hard to sleep, hard to dream without seeing you,cuz....

I....think about you all the time. When I....sleep you're all that's on my mind. Well I lie awake to the thought of you back home. But don't you worry, it only hurts when I'm alone.

Which seems to be the majority of time. But what makes it worse is knowing for him things will be just fine, and....
It's hard to sleep, hard to dream without seeing you,cuz....

I....think about you all the time. When I....sleep you're all that's on my mind. Well I lie awake to the thought of you back home. But don't you worry, it only hurts when I'm alone.

Utterly poignant...and so well written

my phantoms wear a winsome smile
in memory
they dissolve
salt on winter highways
a white thin residue
in spring storms all washed away
except when there's a chill
of what has been