One Rest

Before the applause
the noise found me first

A silent floor
the scent of empty seats
a shadow laughing through the glass

But somehow
your eyes alone
burned hotter than anyone else

“The night is still young”
you said with a grin
In the corner of a frozen neon light
you rolled my name across your tongue

An empty front row
only the wind was dancing
You looked at the diamonds in the showcase
and called them ordinary stones

But you never
really left

You stayed to hear
the rest of the words that cut

In an ocean of scrolling lights
I’m searching for a voice that won’t sink
Even your laughter
will glow someday

Before the applause
the noise found me first
In a city of white static
you were the only one who stopped

One Rest
like a moment to breathe
The words you tossed so lightly
turned into melodies somehow

The tiger trapped inside the folding screen
bares its fangs on stage tonight

“What a quiet room”
you whispered softer now
Still hiding poison in your smile
swaying behind little icons

In these fragile glass-made nights
where everyone begs to be seen
we hid our scars away
and polished only our jokes

Maybe deep down
you were lonely too

That’s why
you knocked first

Words were never knives
they bloom depending on the angle
Even your noise
becomes part of the rhythm

Before the applause
the noise found me first
Inside a room nobody knew
you were the one still laughing

One Rest
beyond the spark of wit
Even tangled emotions
become beautiful chords tonight

The tiger trapped inside the folding screen
sets the whole stage on fire

Voices that mock
voices that pray

Names don’t matter anymore

Because the moment you stayed
you became my accomplice too

Before the applause
the noise was loving me
At the edge of a silent world
you lit the very first flame

One Rest
after a moment of silence

The laughter you dropped so casually
became a song inside my hands

Before the numbers ever moved
we found something real that night

Before the applause
the noise found me first

And in the end
you smiled a little too❥