Lyric

The gate light blinked

On the edge of blue

I checked my phone

Like it owed me you

The board kept changing

Cities and times

Your name stayed quiet

Under my thumb

I said I was calm

I stood in the line

I watched the ferry

Swallow the signs

One little message

Could have turned me around

But nothing came through

Except the sound

No Reply at the Ferry Gate

Just your last light leaving

I held my face still

Like I was not believing

You were not cruel

You were already gone

I was still waiting

Where the gate moved on

Your ticket folded

Inside my coat

A useless corner

A half-written note

The guard said boarding

I stepped aside

Let strangers pass me

Into the white

I thought I wanted

One final line

A clean little ending

A merciful sign

But maybe silence

Knew what to do

It made the leaving

Sound like you

I watched the water

Take your shape

Ferry lights cutting

Through the late gray

I had no question

You had to answer

Only a hope

That got smaller faster

If you had written

I might have stayed soft

I might have mistaken

The delay for love

Now there is only

The gate closing slow

And the part of me waiting

With nowhere to go

I watched the water

Take your shape

Ferry lights cutting

Through the late gray

You were not cruel

You were already gone

I was still standing

Where the gate moved on

My screen went dark

In the salt air

I put it away

And left you there