Empty Rooms
house keeps every older sound,
every shelf holds faded faces,
clock talks alone; quiet grows.
empty rooms still smell sweet,
grief walks these halls daily,
boxes guard small paper years.
mercy comes: tears water seeds,
green finds every empty place,
every ended thing still sings.
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