Shards of Ascent

Someone left the window open

Rain came halfway through the room

Your coffee's cold beside the speaker

Morning came a little too soon

The floorboards shake beneath the traffic

A siren bends into the chord

Nothing here is standing still now

Not the table

Not the door

I thought we'd know

When something changed

I thought there'd be

A cleaner break

But the room keeps moving

Even when we don't

The walls keep breathing

The wires still hum

I thought the world would notice

I thought something would stop But the room keeps moving

The room keeps moving on

Someone laughs out in the hallway

Someone drags a chair upstairs

The city

doesn't need permission

To continue

while we're scared

Your shadow crosses through the kitchen

Then disappears behind the light

For a second I can almost see you

For a second It's alright

No final word

No perfect scene

Just everything

Still happening

Count the glasses

Count the chairs

Count the things

That don't know we're not there

Count the seconds

Miss the one

Start again

MOVE

MOVE

MOVE

Even when the body says no MOVE

MOVE

MOVE

Even when there's nowhere to go

The room keeps moving

So maybe I can too

The walls keep breathing

I hear them coming through

I don't need the world to notice

I don't need it to stop

Let the room keep moving Let it move me on

The window's still open.

Leave it.