The morning cracked an ominous tone Every screen swore it wouldn’t be long Coffee dropped cold from a stranger’s hand Mid-sentence, mid-laugh, mid-life, A shoreline full of unfinished plans Fate coming down like a jagged knife, Car doors open, engines purr unmanned Sand caught tears of a last goodbye, Someone kept dialing another’s trembling hand One last chance to outlive the sky No second wasted on empty air Every breath a wager: love or pray, Drinking the world in a single stare Haunted by goodbyes you’ll never say We poured our lives into mundane lines~ Our life escape with no escape at all~ Nothing came down, but we’re not the same~ Still standing under that uncertain sky~ A father caught sight of an empty back seat In the rearview mirror of his daily repeat, One hand on the wheel, that gold band of promises Not enough time to divide what he’d save, The second hand ticked with a vacant mind Stealing their futures in a single beat, His hand bore scars from the life it had held Trying to cover too many hearts He held them proximal, closer than his skin Every breath a sentence, not a claim He’d vowed to be their shelter, shaking at the thought His trembling hands, waking a paradox of blame We poured our lives into mundane lines~ Our life escape with no escape at all~ Nothing came down, but we’re not the same~ Still standing under that uncertain sky~ Parking-lot chapels filled with vows and prayer The world fell silent at the sound of “all clear” For 38 minutes, life stood chaotic still We lost our distractions to embrace the real~ We poured our lives into mundane lines Our life escape with no escape at all Nothing came down, but we’re not the same Still standing under that uncertain sky We bend our faces into empty smiles Our life escape with no escape at all Nothing came down, but now we can feel We lost our distractions to embrace the real
