Empty trains hum past my window
Coffee gone cold on the sill
Clock hands drag like heavy shadows
All this quiet
Louder still
Keys drift soft along the ceiling
Street glow pools on my floor
Freedom tastes a little bitter
When you’re walking out the door
After midnight windows
I’m staring through the glass at what we were
All that open sky we swore we’d own
Now it’s just me and your forgotten shirt
Tell me
Is your freedom
Everything you thought it’d be tonight
After midnight windows
I’m caught between goodbye and holding tight
Your book still bent on the last page
Ticket stub stuck halfway in
You said
“I need to chase this somewhere”
Didn’t say where I fit in
Taxi lights smear gold and silver
On this framed and faded wall
Every choice we make for freedom
Leaves a mark
Leaves a small new scar
After midnight windows
I’m staring through the glass at what we were
All that open sky we swore we’d own
Now it’s just me and your forgotten shirt
Tell me
Is your freedom
Everything you thought it’d be tonight
After midnight windows
I’m caught between goodbye and holding tight
Maybe love was just a stop
On the way to who we are
Maybe longing is the cost
Of living with an unlocked heart
After midnight windows
I’m tracing out your name in fog and blur
All that open sky we swore we’d own
Hangs above a city that won’t turn
Tell me
In your freedom
Do you feel me flicker in the night
After midnight windows
I let you go
But I leave on the light