Lyric

The hem of my coat untangles in the wind

A quiet sense of ending stirs in my throat

Holding my breath, only the echo of footsteps continues

You calmly blame yourself

Eyes chasing the blinking ads in the distance

Before words can catch up, your shoulders move toward the future

Leaving only cold silence at your hands

If I could have matched your laughing breath

If I had learned just a little how to lean on you

Could I have stayed by your side a little longer?

Deep in my chest pocket, a tiny bell keeps ringing

Am I being called, or sent away?

Unable to tell, I keep looking only at my feet

Untangle, untangle, the knots of memory

The night loosens from my fingertips

It’s not too late, someone’s voice reassures me

But the warmth I should feel is just out of reach

Untangle, untangle, the edge of your name

Where do the cut threads drift?

Just for now, hold my shoulder gently

Close enough to say, “Just a little longer.”

Streetlights trace wet pavement in white

Tall windows cut unfamiliar lives into squares

The awkward script of our ending receives no applause

Still, I twirl my coat to match your color

Smiling as if rewriting the plan of that day

But our places can no longer be changed

Untangle, untangle, the excuses that won’t come undone

Left quietly in my throat

I want to believe it’s not too late

Yet only the rings on the table grow

Untangle, untangle, the rhythm of your breath

What remains is lightness, or a hollow?

Just for now, support my back softly

Enough to say, “It’s not scary.”

You look only at the sky as you walk

I can’t help but trace the contour of your profile

A small feather drifts toward the streetlight

I reach out, knowing it might burn

But still, once our gazes meet

The world quietly breathes again

One word lingers at the corner of my lips

The rest sleeps in an envelope

I slip my folded wish into the door’s crack

Hoping the path back is still there beyond the keyhole

May the feather that leaves the ring of light

Finally cross the night safely