Sleeper’s Lull

Last light on the platform

Blue numbers on the wall

I keep my hands in my pockets

Like I was never called

The doors are closing slowly

The city holds its breath

I hear the rails remembering

The route I haven’t left

I’m past the checkpoint now

No one is asking why

The signal turns to silence

And the windows carry by

I’m past the checkpoint now

With nowhere left to stay

If the night can let me through

I’ll find another way

A voice note from the stairwell

A name beneath the noise

The building keeps its weather

The dark keeps every voice

I’m past the checkpoint now

No one is asking why

The signal turns to silence

And the windows carry by

I’m past the checkpoint now

With nowhere left to stay

If the night can let me through

I’ll find another way

No ticket,

no return

Just the lights moving away