When you caught me compulsively washing dishes at 3am
When we agreed to tell each other if there was anyone else
When you cried in your sleep and all I could do was hold you tight
When you were still there for me after flashbacks even though you didn’t know what was happening to me
When we were so shitglued that our accents came out and our friends had no idea what the hell we were saying
When you shattered your Chanel bottle all over your bathroom and I smelled like you for days after
When I tried to cook eggs drunk and you didn’t have butter or milk and had to save them from me
When a tiny version of you found my pirate wig from Halloween
When I moved heaven and earth for you at work
When you took me to the fanciest Italian place I’ve ever eaten at
When we entered a room together people stopped and noticed
When I caught you compulsively washing dishes at 3am
When you orchestrated Thanksgiving and taught me about family
When I bought you boot socks and moleskin to heal your outrageous blisters
When you took me along with you and your daughter to look at Christmas lights, and you didn’t know what I was fleeing from
When I found you folding my laundry at midnight, and I left my heart on the couch next to you
Mar 5, 2022
Mar 5, 2022 at 9:00 PM UTC
When you caught me compulsively washing dishes at 3am
When we agreed to tell each other if there was anyone else
When you cried in your sleep and all I could do was hold you tight
When you were still there for me after flashbacks even though you didn’t know what was happening to me
When we were so shitglued that our accents came out and our friends had no idea what the hell we were saying
When you shattered your Chanel bottle all over your bathroom and I smelled like you for days after
When I tried to cook eggs drunk and you didn’t have butter or milk and had to save them from me
When a tiny version of you found my pirate wig from Halloween
When I moved heaven and earth for you at work
When you took me to the fanciest Italian place I’ve ever eaten at
When we entered a room together people stopped and noticed
When I caught you compulsively washing dishes at 3am
When you orchestrated Thanksgiving and taught me about family
When I bought you boot socks and moleskin to heal your outrageous blisters
When you took me along with you and your daughter to look at Christmas lights, and you didn’t know what I was fleeing from
When I found you folding my laundry at midnight, and I left my heart on the couch next to you
Title is a play on the book Freedom at Midnight. In a way this woman who once loved me helped to show me a different world, one I could belong in and be where I could be free from the past. Thus, Laundry at Midnight really means Freedom at Midnight.
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