Half Mourning

Take down the sign

You left outside

Turn off the light

To see the sun shine

The letter's not coming

Not this time

And nobody's calling

To ask, or reply

You're on your own

And every conversation

Is yours to hold

Inside, you're still alive

But you're stuck, like a magnet

To the walls and the floors

Of the rooms you inhabit

And every morning starts

In the way that you practiced

And each year that you're living

Counts for one that you haven't

When only you wake

To see the door open

At your gate

Nothing left to claim

When only you walk

In the new morning

Who can say

What has stayed in place?

If the world had a plan for your life

Just imagine every choice that you made

Led the way to today

You could try to disguise

Take a plane and escape your fate

In time, you would see

You've arrived at the peak

It's hard to see the glass when your life is in a jar

It's easy to forget how you used to interact

The building is shrinking

And Gemini is still ascending

The things that you live with

Are setting fire

Like no one's looking

When only you wake

To see the door open

At your gate

Nothing left to claim

When only you walk

In the new morning

Who can say

What has stayed in place