Unwords

The breath stops short
The heart holds still
Something moves against my will
A tide that pulls without a shore
A door that opens to one more door

Whatever this is, it knows my name
It lived before me, it'll stay the same
It gives nothing, it takes the rest
It settles quietly inside my chest

Not reaching out, not letting go
Just standing at the edge of what I know
Not love, not loss, not yours, not mine
Not the end of something, not a sign

Not a wall, not a seal
Just the shape the time makes
When it tries to heal

Maybe there are no words
Maybe this is what words become
When they can't go forward
And they can't be undone

Everything passes, everything stays
The nights keep coming in different ways
What's gone still moves, what's here still fades
Everything passes, everything stays

Not love, not loss, not yours, not mine
Not the end of something, not a sign
Not a wall, not a seal
Just the shape the time makes
When it tries to heal

Before the words, before the fall
Before there was a name at all