The breath stops short
The heart holds still
Something moves Against my will
A tide that pulls Without a shore
A door that opens
To one more door

Whatever this is
It knows my name
It lived before me It'll stay the same
It gives nothing It takes the rest
It settles quietly Inside my chest

Not reaching out
Not letting go
Just standing at the edge of what I know
Not love, not loss
Not yours, not mine
Not the end of something
Not a sign

Not a wall, not a seal
Just the shape the time makes
When it tries to heal

Maybe there are no words
Maybe this is what words become
When they can't go forward
And they can't be undone

Everything passes
Everything stays
The nights keep coming
In different ways

What's gone still moves
What's here still fades