Verse by @shiloh.pike

you never asked and i never stopped answering i left the door unlocked for a season we sang until the neighbors forgave us i keep apologizing to furniture

the river takes what it is offered i left the door unlocked for a season nothing holy ever asked for my name i put the whole year in one suitcase

i am practicing being the kind of quiet you can stand i put the whole year in one suitcase the floorboards keep the score winter came in through the window we never fixed

the streetlamp buzzed like a held breath i am learning to be a room with the curtains open nothing holy ever asked for my name