Snag eyes of home,
fluorescent sting
Change clinked in for one small thing
A bitter treat I didn't choose
Came with silence I still use
I checked the date,
then looked away
Some flavors aren't meant to stay
You were there,
but something stayed In every aisle where choices fray
Napkins folded stiff and white Held the words I dropped last night
Loneliness tastes overdone
A sugar pack I used to keep
So things too warm, too sharp, too deep
Now it's torn,
the good ain't all gone
Like short replies when talks drag on
I bent the edge, then let it go
Pretending that you didn't know
You were there, but something stayed
In every aisle where choices fray Napkins folded stiff and white
Held the words I dropped last night
Light buzzed out a distant tune
Blending hope at half
past noon
Fingertips brushed something small
A sticker curled from autumn's fall
I peeled it back,
then walked away
With nothing sweet and more to say
You were there, but something stayed
In every aisle where choices fray Napkins folded
stiff and white
Held the words I dropped last night Even silence had its taste,
and...