Don’t step too fast The ground remembers weight Not just where you are But every version you hesitated Do you feel that Underneath your skin Like something listening From somewhere within This place… It’s not empty No It never was I thought it would feel colder Like ruin, like the end But it feels like something waiting Like it almost could begin You hear them, don’t you I hear everything No… Not like that Not sound Recognition That one— The one that feels like breath on glass That’s someone Who almost chose a different path Don’t say it like that Like what Like they’re still… people They are Just not in a way you’d survive understanding You always do this You make it sound simple It is simple They didn’t resolve So they remained That’s not simple That’s— Unfinished Exactly Don’t Don’t say it like that Why Because it makes it sound like they’re still waiting …they are Stop You don’t need to carry them I’m not trying to You already are You always do That’s why you feel it more here You think I don’t notice The way you slow down The way you almost listen I’m just being careful No You’re being kind That’s not the same thing Here, it is What would you do If they asked They won’t They can’t That’s not what I asked … I don’t know You would say yes No, I wouldn’t You almost already have That’s not fair No It’s just accurate You don’t get to decide that I don’t have to This place already did You don’t scare me I’m not trying to That’s what worries me Stay close I am Closer …fine Do you feel that The way it shifts when you speak Like it’s learning the shape of your voice Don’t stop walking I’m not Good Because if you do If you stand still long enough They start to think You’re one of them
