Moth

I keep your name in ash Under my tongue It tastes like rain on glass And broken sunlight I fold my hands at dusk So they don’t shake Your shadow walks the hall And calls me back I hear it in the walls Soft and low A pulse that will not leave Let me go I lean into the dark Let it take Every little thing I cannot say Stay in the cold Stay in my mind Stay like a wound That never closes Stay in the cold Stay in my mind I call you once And the night opens (opens) The mirror holds my face Like a stranger Blue in the quiet room Slow disaster Your old scent on my coat Gone but near I wear the heavy hours Like a ring of fear I hear it in the walls Soft and low A pulse that will not leave Let me go I lean into the dark Let it take Every little thing I cannot say Stay in the cold Stay in my mind Stay like a wound That never closes Stay in the cold Stay in my mind I call you once And the night opens (opens) If I say your name Will it crack? Will the room turn black And give you back? I step through the blue Through the smoke I was almost gone Now I know