Virginia Wing
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 nеw morning
Who can say what has stayed in place?
If the world had a plan for your lifе 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 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?