Dust on the jacket Coffee ring stain on the page You left it open Folded corner My name in the margin Lamp on the dresser Shadows climb over the wall Everything quiet Except my heartbeat reading it all Midnight book I’m turning through the story that you never said out loud Every line Every look Your secrets scribbled in the spaces All the thoughts you never vowed Midnight book Now I can’t put you down Half-finished sentence Ink runs out in the curve of a word You crossed out “always” Wrote “maybe” small so it barely can be heard Ticket as a bookmark From a train you never took I trace the timetable Like a map through every chapter that you shook Did you ever think someone Would read between your sighs like this? Every dog-eared page Feels like a borrowed kiss I’m underlined I’m highlighted In a life I never knew Close the cover Hold it tighter Feels like I’m holding you
