You Stayed in the Stillness

I was running out of reasons. Running thin on breath.

Every thought, a closed door. Every night, a test. I was talking

to the walls. Trying not to break. You were standing in the doorway

saying, "Stay." You didn't try to fix me. You didn't turn

away. You just sat inside the quiet. When my mind went dark and

strange. I don't know how you knew my name. When I forgot

myself. But you said it like a promise. And I held

it like a belt. They write songs about the rescue like it's loud