screen softly glows
your picture cups evening gold
same quiet hue
as the hush i keep folded
my phone, small pond
reflects your face like shy moon
I ask how you're
holding the hours inside you
truth leaks out slow
you confessed, “i take you for granted”
your words fall like a cracked sparrow
we both watch it try to fly
melody gift
i hear you humming through wires
guilt tiptoes in
like socks on a creaking floor
you whisper sorry
into the space after beep
i answer warm
“no need to keep score of flaws
we’ll stack days gently
like sugar cubes in small tea”
between our words
a window cracks open wide
i tell you new
you’re still an unread letter
sealed with starlight
all i want is the paper
i say “come closer
we’ll trade secrets like stickers”
pixels rise, fall
tiny fireflies of your laugh
i catch them soft
in the jar of my ribcage
yes, let’s explore
door after door after door
i’ll try, pinky swear
to stay the person you see
just us two spoons
stirring the same quiet soup
evening lingers
holding the taste of maybe
