Verse by @sable.crown

i speak to the version of you that listens i keep the porch light on for nobody the sea does not remember any of our names the sea does not remember any of our names

i wrote your number on my palm and washed my hands the highway hums the way you used to the moon is a coin i cannot spend i am learning the names of ordinary things again

i left the door unlocked for a season there is a version of us that stayed the sea does not remember any of our names i keep the receipts of everything i felt

the calendar keeps making promises there is a version of us that stayed we made a home out of almost i keep the porch light on for nobody

i am learning the names of ordinary things again i saved the last cigarette for a braver night i am the last one at the party fixing the lights i speak to the version of you that listens

the church bell is just a bell on tuesdays the bus came and i did not get on you can hear the whole town breathing at four am