Fire Escape Messages

You sit on the iron step,

cold metal through the thread

With that old wool blanket

we shared until it bled

Your screen is glowing,

your thumb is hovering low

Two tabs still open

from a year ago (mmmmm)

Drafting a voice note,

staring at the street

Listening to the traffic hum beneath our feet Will you press send,

or let the signal fade? (ahhhh)

And you're standing on the fire escape tonight

Underneath the fading amber light

Holding back the words you want to say

Watching all the static drift away (don't let it drift away) Your

cousin texts me, asks if you're okay

While you keep staring three thousand miles away

Those two tabs open,

frozen on the screen

The quietest ghost that I have ever seen And you're standing on

the fire escape tonight

Underneath the fading amber light

Holding back the words you want to say

Watching all the static drift away (oohhhh)