Bowed Tide

I saw a stranger wear my face

In a room

with no

mirror or place

She moves in half-time,

dry and slow

A shadow I've

begun to know

My voice falls flat

The air is thin

She leans

in,

where I’ve never been

Can you see her too?

The other one

Caught between the dark And the rising sun?

She hums my breath She knows my part Can you see her

Now that we’ve...

begun?

The vibraphone,

a glassy tear

Trembles sub-bass, I feel it here

Tense chords stab through the crowded air

She’s everywhere,

she’s everywhere

(Intimate,

cool delivery) I thought she came to take my place But she

just wanted to trace...

The shape I left behind...

For her to find...

for her to find

Can you see her too?

The other one She doesn’t break She’s not undone She moves in

loops And knows my part Can you see her...

Now that I’ve become...

her art.