The aftertaste of that night still sits damn heavy
Fingers locked on the wheel
Skyline smears past the glass
(Unprepared for the fallout)

Released you near the fucking overpass
Refused to voice the obvious
Tongue stayed behind my damn teeth
Recognition cut too fucking deep
Remain beside me, don't pull away

You seemed unbroken, seemed unbroken then
Only motion slowed to a hell of a crawl
Departure came the moment speech failed
Messages followed later, reduced pace, vacant highways, yes
Repetition extracts its price from me, in time, yes

Affection remains and will remain always
My half of the bargain
Closeness turned shit habitual
Counting every daylight of the calendar

Throughout existence, throughout existence
Certain permanent etchings beneath the skin
Focus conquers residue, I practice the focus
Give the memory enough space and duration shrinks it
Such is duration (grief)

Convinced we expand in some other plane
You argue we're insignificant, unworthy of note
Motion has worn you, the frame aches
Escape routes exist, destinations wait
This plane cannot be the entire story (impossible)
Refuse the portion that arrived uninvited
Yet balance holds here
We function, exposed and unguarded
You envision enclosures that contain us
Merely a container of thought
Movement continues outward