WITHOUT YOU

Without you, the sun shines just as bright.

Without you, the rain falls no differently.

Without you, our song has lost no meaning.

Without you, the girls wink about as often.

Without you, without your warmth next to me at night

and your indentation beside me in the morning

without your corrections to my stories

and the reminders of what to do,

without your frowns and your smiles

and your feet atop mine as we dance...

Without you... without you...

The world is the same

-- which has come as something of a surprise.