You taught me time by leaving it unfinished
Time still leans where you once stood
like it remembers the shape of you
I look for you in habits
the pause before speaking
knowing there’s nothing that stops the leaving
All I need to know is that you’re okay
They call it a better place
There are some things I could never say
it’s because the three of us
are built that way
If you only knew
how much we all talk about you
how our minds wander
and bend to the shape of you
Tell me, wherever you are
is it really that far?
Maybe I could get there by car
by following an echoing star
And I know you’re smiling
and I know you’re laughing—
but those are memories
passing through me
a sea within a dream
You are no longer becoming
you are complete
And I’m still aging
still asking the sky
for directions on how to fly
So I carry you
as time carries me
unfinished
a gravity in me
Jan 23
Jan 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM UTC
You taught me time by leaving it unfinished
Time still leans where you once stood
like it remembers the shape of you
I look for you in habits
the pause before speaking
knowing there’s nothing that stops the leaving
All I need to know is that you’re okay
They call it a better place
There are some things I could never say
it’s because the three of us
are built that way
If you only knew
how much we all talk about you
how our minds wander
and bend to the shape of you
Tell me, wherever you are
is it really that far?
Maybe I could get there by car
by following an echoing star
And I know you’re smiling
and I know you’re laughing—
but those are memories
passing through me
a sea within a dream
You are no longer becoming
you are complete
And I’m still aging
still asking the sky
for directions on how to fly
So I carry you
as time carries me
unfinished
a gravity in me
