Sideways Confidence

You count me in on seven I miss the one and smile

Your hand is on the table

Mine learns the angle

I keep my coat on,

ready for leaving You pour the coffee,

slow and uneven Every small silence lands with a meaning

We talk in corners,

lean but believing Nothing is broken,

nothing is easy I stay for the turn in the room

If the floor tilts,

let it We can move without proof

I know the shape of your almost I can meet you there

too Meet me where the line bends Not straight,

not late, just ours

Seven steps and we are weightless

Held up by the offbeat hours

Meet me where the line bends

I know how to turn with you You draw a map on

the back of a receipt All broken arrows,

no final street I laugh too softly,

you catch the sound We make a pattern from turning around Call

it a detour, call it the truth I like the way it

moves Maybe grace is not a straight door Maybe trust has uneven

feet

If you pause, I will not rush you

I can wait inside the beat Meet me where the line bends

Not straight, not late,

just ours

Seven steps and we are weightless

Held up by the offbeat hours

Meet me where the line bends

I know how to turn with you

Turn with you

Seven steps, still steady

No straight road, no need

Turn with me