Lost ground

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You sat where the light cut thin Hair grown out from a life I missed I nearly left before you spoke Then some old song pulled me back in
You said you run just to quiet your mind I said I drink just to feel mine You had that look I couldn’t place Like weather turning out of time
And I could’ve walked on by Let the moment slip through But you moved like a river And I lost ground in you
You said it plain like passing talk Two lives gone before that night The room kept turning—forks and wine— But something in me just went quiet
Under fig trees, gold on skin You said we don’t choose a thing Thoughts come in like they own the place We just live with what they bring
And I could’ve walked on by Left the leaves where they fell But you burned through the silence Like a truth I can’t tell
Rain on glass, a flickering screen You broke where the light went thin I held you there without a word Like I could stop it caving in
Morning came in a quieter tone Wipers keeping time alone Your hands still shook against my skin Like we needed proof we’d been
And I could’ve walked on by Let your ghost undo But you live in my body Like a storm passing through
Now you’re caught in the smallest things In coffee, songs, the air I breathe A shape that never settles right A debt I don’t know how to pay
There’s a charge when the memory hits Like rain on dust, like lightning moves I stand still, I feel the ground But it always brings me back to you