Lyric

You watched the candle lean

I watched the minute hand

Neither one of us moved

Toward the end

Your smile stayed careful

Mine stayed rehearsed

We kept the table quiet

And made it worse

I had a sentence waiting

Behind my teeth

But pride sat down beside me

And would not leave

Love does not always break

With a door or a sound

Sometimes it sits there breathing

Until the room gives out

The Wine Went Warm

Before I found my nerve

You looked right through me

Like I deserved

I could have reached for your hand

I could have told the truth

But I kept choosing silence

Like it was proof

Love does not always leave

In anger or rain

Sometimes it finishes quietly

Across a clean white plate