I thought I heard your voice,
But it was just an echo.
Outside a car door slammed.
It was spilling laughter around it,
People were shouting across it,
And I think it reminded me.
And that is all the noise I hear.
The room is silent.
I stopped the clock
As its loud ticking hurt me.
The shadows through the curtains
Rise and fall with the daylight.
My room is dark and paused.
I should light a candle.
I should eat some food.
I should breathe carefully.
I should get some sleep.
I should push myself out of here.
I am here, quiet in the dark.
You have gone and are elsewhere,
In the daylight and warmth.
And that is all.
