Paper Cup Moon (Cover)

I left the sink half full

and the window half open

Your blue cup by the stove

like it knew you were coming

I traced the ring it left

on the wood, on the wood

And for a second there

I almost called it good

The kettle clicked once

then the room went still

I kept my hands busy

like that could hide the spill

But your name in my pocket

kept folding up the night

Like a paper moon

cut out of candlelight

Stay a little longer

stay in the frame

Small talk, soft touch

say my name

Stay a little longer

I can pretend

We were just passing

but I felt it then

Bus signs blurred on the glass

as I rode home alone

Two neighbors on the stoop

sharing a bag of plums

One laughed, one reached over

took the last one slow

Little borrowed kindness

in the cold afterglow

And I thought about your laugh

in the hallway there

How it landed on me

like a folded chair

Not grand, not forever

just enough to find

A hand on my shoulder

in the back of my mind

Stay a little longer

stay in the frame

Small talk, soft touch

say my name

Stay a little longer

I can pretend

We were just passing

but I felt it then

Maybe it’s nothing

maybe that’s the point

A chipped mug, a shared coat

a light in the joint

The world keeps turning

but I still hold tight

To the tiny, warm proof

we were here tonight

Stay a little longer

stay in the frame

Small talk, soft touch

say my name

Stay a little longer

I can pretend

We were just passing

but I felt it then