Memory In Static

Still

in the signal

Still in the signal

The ceiling hums in a language of glass

Minutes bend where the footsteps pass I put my hand where the

window froze And felt the room take the shape of a ghost

There’s a blue line under the quiet machine A trace of a

place I have almost seen

Every light in the hallway leans Like it knows what the silence

means

If the sound cuts out If the walls go blind If the

mirror forgets What it held in time Don’t call it gone

Don’t call it through

There’s a field underneath

Still carrying you

I’m still in the signal,

under the noise Low in the wire,

close to the voice Erase every echo,

cover the mirror

I come back clearer,

I come back clearer

I’m still in the signal,

left in the line A breath in the static,

a mark in the time Break me to pieces,

thin me to air

I come back there,

I come back there

Still in the signal

Under the noise

Still in the signal

Close to the voice

The floor keeps count of the weight we leave Dust writes names

that the dark can read

I heard my voice from under the door

Saying less than it said before There’s a pulse in the wall

where the wires sleep A hidden room where the old sounds keep

Every loss has a shape inside Every shadow is holding light

If the words break down

If the breath turns thin

If the pattern folds

And pulls me in

Don’t call it gone

Don’t call it through

There’s a field underneath

Still carrying you Cut the low end Kill the flame Leave the

mouth Without the name Pull the thread From the frame I disappear

But I remain

No sound, no choice No light,

no voice Still here,

still near

Still in the noise

I’m still in the signal,

under the noise Low in the wire,

close to the voice Erase every echo,

cover the mirror I come back clearer,

I come back clearer I’m still in the signal,

left in the line A breath in the static,

a mark in the time Break me to pieces,

thin me to air I come back there,

I come back there

Still in the signal Left in the line A breath in the

static A mark in the time I come back clearer I come

back there