Love Divided (September 21)

This is for the September 21st writing prompt. I’m feeling the Halloween vibes…
https://similarworlds.com/literature/creative-writing/5385461-September-Writing-Prompts-For-the-writers-out-there

The Ghost in You

I miss the version of him who loved me -
not the man who walks around today
wearing his same face, his same hands,
but hollow where his tenderness used to live.

I miss how he used to look at me and really see me.
Now that gaze is gone, even though his eyes are the same.
It’s like losing your reflection in a mirror that still exists.

This is what love divided looks like -
split between who he was
and who he’s chosen to be,
leaving me to mourn a man who isn’t dead.

I’m haunted by the memory of someone
who became a stranger
when I wasn’t looking.