Lyric

Breath in count four

Hands sync lights hum

Pixels wake still warm

A second blinks sideways

I watch the elevator chime

Neon stains the floor blue

Receipt paper curls in my palm

Cold air stitches my skin

Your shadow overlaps mine

Static freckles the glass

I mouth the date and time

But the digits slide past

I thought we shared one frame

Same caption same light

Yet echoes mislabel names

And minutes rewrite

I choose my name again

I choose my name again

Under the blinking signs

I hold my pulse and then

I choose my name again

I choose my name again

Call me by what I claim

Not by a borrowed lens

Crosswalk beeps in the rain

Coffee lid warms my lips

Turnstile ribs mark a gate

Smoke lifts copper and mint

I trace the cracks in the tiles

Like roads the city forgot

Your whisper drifts through the wires

But the tag doesn’t lock

If our story needs one line

Let it breathe unaligned

I step out of the frame

Leave the caption behind

I choose my name again

I choose my name again

Under the blinking signs

I hold my pulse and then

I choose my name again

I choose my name again

Pages can keep their dust

My mouth declares the pen

Clock hands lose their race

I walk in my own pace

Breath out count four

Doors slide and I go