Verse by @wilder.june

i put my grief in a drawer with the batteries the floorboards keep the score your laugh survives in the hallway the wallpaper remembers the wrong colors

i counted every streetlight home every train sounds like leaving from here the streetlamp buzzed like a held breath i keep the receipts of everything i felt

the sea does not remember any of our names i left the door unlocked for a season the highway hums the way you used to i put my grief in a drawer with the batteries

i left the door unlocked for a season somewhere a phone rings and nobody is worried the tape hissed where your voice should be your laugh survives in the hallway

i saved the last cigarette for a braver night your laugh survives in the hallway i counted every streetlight home you were a rumor i believed twice

i saved the last cigarette for a braver night there is a version of us that stayed