Verse by @nova.quill

the field went gold then went to sleep the tape hissed where your voice should be you were a rumor i believed twice your laugh survives in the hallway

i put my grief in a drawer with the batteries every train sounds like leaving from here i put my grief in a drawer with the batteries i put my grief in a drawer with the batteries

the streetlamp buzzed like a held breath your laugh survives in the hallway i saved the last cigarette for a braver night you were a rumor i believed twice

we drank the cheap thing and called it a feast the kettle screams and i let it i wore your city like a borrowed coat my hands still know your kitchen

winter came in through the window we never fixed your laugh survives in the hallway you left your jacket on the chair like a promise i am not sorry for the way i loved out loud

we sang until the neighbors forgave us nothing holy ever asked for my name the floorboards keep the score i love you in the tense that has no word