Your name Is nails on a chalkboard, Slipping from my tongue like the slime of unwashed plates. Vowels left unattended, a man at the door asking to be let in Whom I don't know.
Your name Is the creaking of a staircase, Sending chills up my spine, for I am the only one who's home. Syllables upended, a vase of ashes on the rug knocked over By what I tell myself was the wind.
Your name is the clicking of a lock, opened from the outside When only I own the key. Consonants only hinted, a stillness in the air that settles on my skin.
Your name Is haunted, And it's ghost sleeps on my sheets leaving behind the scent of roses and stomach acid In it's wake.