trust

We kept our faith beside the keys the letters and the light A small unspoken certainty that never asked for proof Until a harmless sounding lie went walking on the roof And rain fell up the staircase in the middle of the night Trust is a thousand little yeses and one lie you thought would never show You can leave the porch light burning swear it's just like yesterday But feet that found their way by heart now wonder if they'll stay And the hardest door to open is the one you used to know I gave the doubt its benefit it took the better part of me Now every simple question leaves an echo in the hall You say you never meant for us to stumble let alone to fall But even when the room is still the curtains disagree Trust is a thousand little yeses and one lie you thought would never show You can leave the porch light burning swear it's just like yesterday But feet that found their way by heart now wonder if they'll stay And the hardest door to open is the one you used to know We put the cups back on the shelf the pictures on the wall We learned to say good morning like a line we'd always known But when your phone lit up I heard a silence of its own And hated how my heart had learned to question something small There's no receipt for honesty no warranty on grace No little shop that sells the first unworried look again And love can share a table with the ghost of what has been But cannot make it sit there in its old familiar place Trust is a thousand little yeses and one lie you thought would never show You can leave the porch light burning swear it's just like yesterday But feet that found their way by heart now wonder if they'll stay And the hardest door to open is the one you used to know