I guess if people wrote as much as they thought,

They’d be covered in words

Disguised

I guess if tears left a stain, we’d see new colors

Vibrantly

I guess if wishes bumped the ceiling, they’d fill rooms

Too often

I guess if laughter was preserved, we’d grow addicted

Slowly

I guess if dreams were remembered, we’d never sleep

Never

Fall

Asleep

Like love

Like leaves

 

I guess your music fills my head

A little too loudly

It’s not my head that that needs filling

I wonder how much room

Your name takes up

A name I miss using

 

I guess we all must say goodnight

To an empty bed

Suddenly far to big

Do words travel if unspoken?

Can you hear me?

Goodnight

I guess not

 

I guess I’ll be brave in the morning

I guess I’ll drink the sky

It tastes stale

The clouds are chalk

I feel cold

And I remember hugging you under blankets

Letting the world dissolve

What an extraordinary thing it was

Could you feel me glowing?

The sun grew jealous

I guess only she can glow forever

 

I guess I’ll play your music again

I guess I probably shouldn’t

But I’m tired

Of doing what’s right

I’m so fucking tired

 

I guess if smiles weren’t fake

I’d be in trouble

I guess if tears left a mark

I’d wear a mask

I guess if memories didn’t last

We’d never chase adventures

Like love

Falling

It feels like punishment

For what, I don’t know

 

I guess missing is just wishing

And writing is just thinking

And none of that is seen

Or heard

Can you hear me?

Goodnight