Stormlike

You said “take care Then you took the stairs Left your coffee ring On my oldest chair You forgot your scarf But you took the air From this room This chest This crooked prayer Tears on the table Salt on my sleeve Trying to hold what Was meant to leave You were the storm that I couldn’t breathe Now I’m just counting Every tear on my sleeve Your name still burns In my cracked phone screen All the “are you home? All the “where you been? Friends say “you’ll heal It just takes time But the clock just stares And it won’t take mine Tears on the table Salt on my sleeve Trying to hold what Was meant to leave You were the storm that I couldn’t breathe Now I’m just counting Every tear on my sleeve I wash my face But it stays the same Red-rimmed eyes And a heavy name If I see you out Will you look away? Or will your eyes say Everything you never could say? Tears on the table Salt on my sleeve All of our maybes Stuck in my teeth You were the storm that Ripped through my peace Now I’m just counting Every tear Every tear On my sleeve