The Closing Eye - Josh Pyke

Like a dream that’s come to life

In the wake of spider night

And my phone light flickers, ephemeral

Illuminates them like

A sign of change to come

Can I remove myself from

My winter skin is

Shed on the wind

Threads like silver scars

And I know that you’ve been hanging on

A thread that I’ve been letting go

And I know that you’ve been letting go

A thread that I’ve been hanging on

Until you go

Please don’t let your love become

The closing eye on everyone

Until you go

And the willow pattern of

A cooling coffee cup

How the steam rose curling

Now it’s forgotten

Its how we are

And the corners came alive

And at times you are still inside

You are watching from a web that you wove

From a tangle you tied

And I wrote you letters in my head

So many things I’ve never said

But words are only wind and yet

The ones that we forget to say

Are the ones that we regret