A cheat sheet to 'getting functional again'

Those spaces that she lived in,
fill them with things.
Lay a rug over her footprints
Repaint the walls she leaned on.
Move that bed around, change the sheets.
Blacken the windows,
And memories of her sun-kissed smiles.
Drive down a different road,
Take the longer course so you don't
see the coffee shops and bars she loved.
Change your number, delete the playlists.
Pretend you never loved her taste anyway.
To those asking, offer no more than a smile.
If they ask another time, never see them again.

Fill your spaces with things,
for no person can.
Come morning, if you still wake up in pain
Make that call, plead, and undo it all over again.