Floor

The night you asked me to hold your keys

I felt like you wanted me to leave

I looked up the sky was more than a dream

I tried so hard to soak it in

Take every breath with a clear head

So much that I couldn’t let myself forget

You put on a movie and we watched

Both mostly silent

We barely talked

We filled the space with quiet breath

You fell asleep in innocence

I felt all your loneliness

I watched you sleep and felt comforted and

I tried to sleep too

I tried to sleep too

But you made it look so easy

Behind the house where I grew up

Old cemetery bodies broken up

I touched their names in the cold cement

I made up lives they could’ve lived

Recalled each tale with holiness

Though they were made up on whim and

I felt the quiet

I tried to try it

But my mind was always running crazy loud

Could I sit on your floor again?

I’ll do much better if I can

I was too small then to take up any space but

I tried to show you

I tried to show you

That I was stronger