Waiting Pace

How you keep me awake
From miles away
That half of me
The pillowcase
Your fingerprints are in the air
Leading up to empty stairs
Painting walls without you
I can’t hear the way you’d say
I’ll be here, you go away
I’ll be here at a waiting pace
When I’d beg you to stay
With a straight face
The laugh you’d make
I can’t erase