tongue tied

Left messages in static

Echoes blinking in the blue

I tried to reach you quietly

You vanished from the room

Spent the night unwinding

Every line I tied to you

Answers left unspoken

Fell like midnight, out of view

How do you keep it hidden

Watch the warnings pass you by

I kept a light in windows

You never came inside

Now I'm burning out on empty

No more signals to send

The silence is an answer

That I won't ask again

Tongue tied

Lost between the words I never learned

Buried in the quiet

Bridges left unburned

Tongue tied

Writing in the dark

Cutting all the anchor lines

That kept me in your mark

No echo in the hallway

No lantern on the road

I'm gathering the pieces

You never tried to hold

Was I just a flicker

You watched behind the glass

Now I'm pouring out the darkness

Till I leave it in the past

I walk through every silence

Trace the patterns in the air

Empty rooms and questions

You never meant to share

This is me unraveling

Threads you let unwind

Trading every restless night

For something left to find

Tongue tied

Lost between the words I never learned

Buried in the quiet

Bridges left unburned

Tongue tied

Writing in the dark

Cutting all the anchor lines

That kept me in your mark

Tongue tied

If I disappear by morning

Would you notice where I've been

All your gentle silences

Are the rooms I'm moving in

You watched the night grow longer

Never called my name

I'm emptying the echo

And leaving what remains

Tongue tied