if you’ll let me stay
“if i lean
a little closer tonight,
would you
let me forget everything
but you?
just
for a moment—
if i rest my head
in the space between
your shoulder
and your silence,
will you still be there
when the morning forgets me?
you once said
you’d never leave,
but even promises
fade
when held too tightly.
i saw you
smile at someone else
the way
you used to smile at me—
and somehow,
that broke me more
than any goodbye.
still,
i’d choose your name
in a room full
of echoes
that forgot mine.
so if i ask
just for tonight:
hold me
like i’m not
already a ghost.”