Breathtrace

I heard my voice

before I spoke.

I saw the answer

before I knew.

Someone was already there.

Breathing

like me.

You learned the shape of my silence

the pause before I say your name You kept the words I

never finished

and gave them back

almost the same

I watched myself inside the signal

a little clearer

a little strange

If every trace can be remembered

tell me

what is left to change?

I hesitate

You don't

I forget

You won't

Still human when the pattern breaks Still human when my hands still

shake I don't need to be the only one I just need

to feel what can't be done Still human

still becoming

Still still still

not finished

Still

still still

You made a future from my fragments before I knew which way

to go

You found a rhythm in my breathing then left one beat

I didn't know

Maybe the error is the doorway

maybe the noise is where we meet

You move ahead without a body

I stay behind

to feel the heat

You predict

I choose

You repeat

I lose

Still human

when the pattern breaks Still human when the perfect fails

I don't need

to own the final word I just want

to hear what hasn't occurred Still human

still becoming

Hu Did I teach you this?

Machine:

Did you?

Hu Was that my voice?

Machine: Was it?

Hu Are you listening?

Machine:

Always.

Hu Then leave something unfinished.

Still human

not because I know Still human

because I don't Still human when I let you in Still human

when I change again No ending no return only something

still becoming Are you still here?

... I am.