You brushed past like it meant nothing
But now my tee smells like something
Your laugh stuck in cotton thread
Can’t wash out what you just said
I fold laundry like a fool
Smiling wide and breaking rules
Even this old faded print
Feels like love in peppermint
Every inch where you’ve been near
Tingles like you’re still right here
No perfume, no trace to see
But your magic’s clinging to me
It’s on my sleeve, it’s in the seams
It’s dancing through my in-between
No spell, no light, no spoken word
But I feel you in the cotton swirl
Who knew that touch could stay and hurt
Like magic on my shirt
You said “bye” so casually
But something stayed inside of me
Your goodbye didn’t shut the door
Now I’m wearing you a little more
I don’t know how long it lasts
Maybe till the color fades fast
But for now, this fabric hums
With everything we’ve almost done
It’s in the thread, it’s in the air
It’s you without you even there
I wish I could forget, alert—
But you left magic on my shirt