Verse by @saoirse.grain

we sang until the neighbors forgave us i put the whole year in one suitcase i buried the argument in the yard the river takes what it is offered

your laugh survives in the hallway the lemon tree outlived the marriage there is a version of us that stayed you never asked and i never stopped answering

you were a rumor i believed twice we sang until the neighbors forgave us i traded my quiet for a louder kind of quiet i am learning the names of ordinary things again

the mirror learned my face by accident the floorboards keep the score the floorboards keep the score the bus came and i did not get on

summer left its fingerprints on the glass i keep the porch light on for nobody you left your jacket on the chair like a promise the highway hums the way you used to